Definitions for volt

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Spelling: [vohlt]

IPA: /voʊlt/

Volt is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in volt (lotv).

Definitions for volt

noun

1. the standard unit of potential difference and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the difference of electric potential between two points of a conductor carrying a constant current of one ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to one watt. Abbreviation: V.
2. Manège. a circular or turning movement of a horse. a gait in which a horse going sideways turns around a center, with the head turned outward.
3. Fencing. a sudden movement or leap to avoid a thrust.

Origin of volt

First recorded in 1870-75; named after A. Volta

Examples for volt

For a six volt battery this should rarely exceed 14 amperes.

Now, in electricity the unit of pressure, or force, is called a volt.

Its electric car the volt had its best month ever, selling 3,351 units.

The volt, which can run for about 30 miles on electricity and has been slow to catch on, has been mocked by critics of GM.

The volt, a plug-in hybrid, was expected to be the easier sell, since it also uses gas and has a range of several hundred models.

On the other hand, sales of the volt declined in April 2013 from April 2012.

This word "volt" does not mean any weight, as the word "pound" weight does.

The unit of velocity, or pressure of the electric current is called a volt.

“It sounds trivial but those numbers really add up a lot,” said Rory Paul of volt Aerial Robotics.

That's three-millionths of a millionth of a ampere-second at one volt.