1
: electric potential or potential difference expressed in volts
2
: intensity of feeling
Examples of voltage in a Sentence
We measured the change in voltage across the circuit.
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They’ll be stranded on the side of the road, or sit for hours charging at low voltage.
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Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2024
When a voltage is applied to a gate electrode, electrons can flow from one graphene electrode through the porphyrin molecule and into the other graphene electrode.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2024
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
Clarke compares the tech to an e-book reader, where there are several million microcapsules in each E Ink film, with the structure and arrangement of the color particles changeable through applying an electric voltage.
—Nargess Banks, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Payne drew inspiration for the company’s name from Georg Simon Ohm, a 19th Century German physicist and mathematician whose research led to Ohm’s law, the relationship between voltage, current and resistance in an electrical circuit, and the ohm, the unit of electrical resistance.
—Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2024
Emergency power still requires the local substation, which converts electricity into useful lower voltages, to still be connected with the rest of the grid.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
Both stem from pumping up the voltage in the lines connecting to the encryption key’s bit-generating circuits.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2024
That tip applies to outdoor lighting as well, Santilli said, suggesting customers look for outdoor lighting that is low voltage and uses less power.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2024
When a voltage is applied to a gate electrode, electrons can flow from one graphene electrode through the porphyrin molecule and into the other graphene electrode.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2024
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
Clarke compares the tech to an e-book reader, where there are several million microcapsules in each E Ink film, with the structure and arrangement of the color particles changeable through applying an electric voltage.
—Nargess Banks, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Payne drew inspiration for the company’s name from Georg Simon Ohm, a 19th Century German physicist and mathematician whose research led to Ohm’s law, the relationship between voltage, current and resistance in an electrical circuit, and the ohm, the unit of electrical resistance.
—Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2024
Emergency power still requires the local substation, which converts electricity into useful lower voltages, to still be connected with the rest of the grid.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
Both stem from pumping up the voltage in the lines connecting to the encryption key’s bit-generating circuits.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2024
That tip applies to outdoor lighting as well, Santilli said, suggesting customers look for outdoor lighting that is low voltage and uses less power.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Voltage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voltage. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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voltage
noun
volt·age
ˈvōl-tij 
: potential difference measured in volts
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