Volt
[vəʊlt;vɒlt] or [volt]
Definition
(noun.) a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it.
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Definition
(n.) A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks.
(n.) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
(n.) The unit of electro-motive force; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one ampere. It is practically equivalent to / the electro-motive force of a standard Clark's cell at a temperature of 15¡ C.
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Definition
n. a turn or bound: a sudden movement or leap to avoid a thrust: a gait of two treads made by a horse going sideways round a centre.—n. Vol′tage.
n. the unit of electro-motive force now in universal use among electricians defined legally in terms of the ohm and ampere.—adj. Vol′ta-elec′tric of or pertaining to galvanism.—n. Vol′ta-electrom′eter an instrument for measuring electric currents.—adj. Vol′ta-electromō′tive.—n. Vōl′tage electro-motive force reckoned in volts.—adj. Voltā′ic pertaining to Alessandro Volta an Italian scientist (1745-1826) who mainly developed the theory of current electricity along purely physical lines discovered the electric decomposition of water and invented a new electric battery the electrophorus and the electroscope.—ns. Vol′taism that branch of electric science which treats of the production of an electric current from the chemical interaction of two immersed dissimilar metals (same as Galvanism); Voltam′eter an instrument for measuring the decomposition produced by an electric current; Vōlt′-am′pere the rate of activity in an electric circuit when the electro-motive force is one volt and the current one ampere; Volt′atype an electrotype; Vōlt′meter an instrument for measuring voltage.—Voltaic pile a galvanic battery.
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Examples
- Volt is a pressure unit of electro-motive force, and would be represented by the power of the engine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A current of one ampere, having a voltage of one volt, will furnish in the course of one hour one watt hour of energy. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The unit of electromotive force is called the _volt_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- For the locomotive a four-wheel iron truck was used, and upon it was mounted one of the long Z type 110-volt Edison dynamos, with a capacity of 75 amperes, which was to be used as a motor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The unit of electric power is called the watt; it is the power furnished by a current of one ampere with a voltage of one volt. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The watt then would be the volt multiplied by the ampere; thus 500 watts would be 10 amperes at 50 volts, or 50 amperes at 10 volts. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In this diagram G<1S> and G<2S> represent two generators, each producing current at a potential of 110 volts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Trolley circuits are usually 500 volts, and will kill an animal, but are not necessarily fatal to man. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A stream of this liquid has been directed upon a circuit of 110,000 volts without the least harm to the operator. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The meters commonly used measure the amperes, volts, and time automatically, and register the electric power supplied in watt hours. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- By connecting them in series this potential is doubled, thus providing a main circuit (P and N) of 220 volts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The early arc lamps were rated to require 9 to 10 amperes of current, at 45 volts pressure each, receiving which they were estimated to give 2000 c. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Low tension circuits, such as are used for incandescent lights, range from 100 to 240 volts and are harmless. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The figures marked L represent eight lamps of 110 volts each, in multiple series of two, in four derived circuits. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The lamps are 110 volts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Objections were naturally made to rails out in the open on the street surface carrying large currents at a potential of twenty volts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At the generating station at Menlo Park four Z dynamos of 110 volts were used, connected two in series, in multiple arc, giving a line voltage of 220. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- High tension currents from 2,000 to 5,000 volts, such as are used for arc lights, are fatal. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The distribution mains were to be of sufficiently large size that between their most extreme points the loss would not be more than 3 volts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Thus a current of from one to two volts, and one to several thousand amperes, is best suited. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Terribly shocks ran over her body, like shocks of electricity, as if many volts of electricity suddenly struck her down. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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