Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of potential difference equal to one thousandth (10−3) of a volt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The thousandth part of a volt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One thousandth (10-3) of a
volt , abbreviated asmV .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt
Etymologies
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Examples
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How the scientists accomplish this tapping of free energy from trees is by using tailored "boost converters" which turns each tree's 200 millivolt voltage into very usable 1.1 volts of electricity.
Trees give off internal electricity that's now being tapped 2009
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The 1 millivolt/meter contour for 100 Watts ERP covers a very largearea.
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Imagine your future in the hands of him,millivolt and wendys brother and tell me you feel safe.
Will the fear of being in Opposition end Brown's leadership? 2007
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Yes Jonatan, “To interface a standard professional microphone with the Macintosh sound input port, a preamplifier must be used to boost the output level of the mic (typically less than 1 millivolt) to the level required by the sound card (about 100 millivolts).”
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People talk about millivolt as the next labour leader with judgement like that he will go far,all the way to the dole queue.
Miliband plays party politics with the Teddy Bear and Sudan 2007
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I noticed that a millivolt thermostat is offered as an option.
Radiant heating 2004
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I noticed that a millivolt thermostat is offered as an option.
Radiant heating 2004
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I noticed that a millivolt thermostat is offered as an option.
Radiant heating 2004
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I noticed that a millivolt thermostat is offered as an option.
Radiant heating 2004
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I noticed that a millivolt thermostat is offered as an option.
Radiant heating 2004
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