Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The centimeter-gram-second electromagnetic unit of potential difference, equal to one hundred-millionth of a volt.
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- noun electricity, electrical engineering, dated A unit of electrical
potential equal to one hundred millionth of avolt (10-8 volts), used in thecentimeter-gram-second system of units.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt
Etymologies
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ab- (“absolute”) + volt
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