Definition of VOLTAGE

Examples of voltage in a Sentence

We measured the change in voltage across the circuit.

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The Comcast wire was located roughly 6 feet below three 12-kilovolt power lines, ostensibly a safe enough distance from the dangerous high-voltage wires. — Jeff Coen, chicagotribune.com, "A suburban man lost his life — and his nephew lost his arms — from an improperly installed ComEd wire. State regulators can’t guarantee it won’t happen again.," 13 Sep. 2019 More: Cadillac launches high-voltage TV campaign to promote newest SUV More: Cadillac returns to Michigan with image and quality on its mind Wahl was chief marketing officer at McDonald’s USA before coming to Cadillac. — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, "GM names new chief of global marketing," 5 Sep. 2019 Trump’s high-voltage approach on immigration and the border is nothing new. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Another Trump whirlwind week on immigration and the border," 1 Sep. 2019 The winds knocked down several high-voltage power lines and highway signs along I-70. — CBS News, "Strong winds blow over at least 20 semis in western Kansas," 14 Aug. 2019 Fans can now score Juicy's fan-favorite Glitter Cream Lipstick in new high-voltage shades, including Ruby Rouge (fuchsia), Crown Jewel (bright purple), and Hidden Gem (light pink nude). — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, "Juicy Couture Just Dropped Its Second Makeup Collection," 10 Aug. 2019 But the original program did not include the kind of high-voltage tower that caused the Camp Fire because shutting those down can affect many more customers. — J.d. Morris, SFChronicle.com, "‘Absolutely catastrophic’: Northern California braces for more PG&E shut-offs," 9 Aug. 2019 Rubbia envisioned a detector both large and precise: a large tank of liquid argon with a fine grid of wires on one side and high-voltage electrodes on the other. — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, "Resurrected detector will hunt for some of the strangest particles in the universe," 8 Aug. 2019 There are at least50 of those in New York City, which are fed in turn by at least 24, higher-voltage transmission substations. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, "City Dwellers Ignore Infrastructure at Their Peril," 15 July 2019

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