millivolt

noun

mil·​li·​volt ˈmi-lə-ˌvōlt How to pronounce millivolt (audio)
: one thousandth of a volt

Examples of millivolt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web At rest, neurons keep their insides more negatively charged than their outside environment, maintaining a resting membrane voltage of about −70 millivolts. Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024 The prototype yielded a stable output voltage of 2.28 millivolts and current of 2.47 nanoamperes at room temperature, though the latter number goes up as temperature rises. IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2023 So at rest, they are depolarized in general at about minus 80 millivolts or minus 75 millivolts. Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023 So there’s an amplitude about 10 millivolts, that changes the voltage. Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023 Now move the red probe into the longer (neutral) slot to confirm a reading of about .1 millivolts (there is negligible voltage between the outlet’s ground and neutral and the cord's ground and neutral). Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2019

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First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of millivolt was in 1861

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“Millivolt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/millivolt. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

millivolt

noun
mil·​li·​volt -ˌvōlt How to pronounce millivolt (audio)
: one thousandth of a volt
abbreviation mV
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