1
: electric potential or potential difference expressed in volts
2
: intensity of feeling
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We measured the change in voltage across the circuit.
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The sensors form a network for mapping regional electrical disturbances that originate on the electric utility grid and can detect voltage changes as small as a fraction of a volt.
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Chiara Eisner, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
With this low-voltage design, the artificial neurons could integrate not only into computing systems but also into medical devices capable of communicating seamlessly with biological cells.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
This bacterium produces conductive nanowires that, when integrated into the memristor, drastically reduce the voltage required for switching.
—New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025
Glutamate triggers a bunch of positive ions to flood into a neuron, increasing its internal voltage and spurring it to fire an action potential, a strong burst of electricity that travels down a nerve fiber and makes the neuron release its own set of molecules to communicate with others, and so on.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
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Chiara Eisner, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
With this low-voltage design, the artificial neurons could integrate not only into computing systems but also into medical devices capable of communicating seamlessly with biological cells.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
This bacterium produces conductive nanowires that, when integrated into the memristor, drastically reduce the voltage required for switching.
—New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025
Glutamate triggers a bunch of positive ions to flood into a neuron, increasing its internal voltage and spurring it to fire an action potential, a strong burst of electricity that travels down a nerve fiber and makes the neuron release its own set of molecules to communicate with others, and so on.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Voltage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voltage. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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voltage
noun
volt·age
ˈvōl-tij 
: potential difference measured in volts
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