millivoltn.
/ˈmɪlɪvəʊlt/, /ˈmɪlɪvɒlt/, U.S. /ˈmɪləˌvoʊlt/ One-thousandth of a volt. Abbreviated mV.In quot. 1861 volt is being used for what is now called an ohm.
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kilovolt1861
millivolt1861
megavolt1868
volt1873
kilovolt-ampere1909
mV1926
kilovoltage1933
MV1937
TeV1956
tera-electron-volt1974
1861 Electrician 9 Nov. 3/2 The application of the French system of notation in the table, is evidently faulty, the thousandth part of a volt being one milivolt [sic], and not one kilovolt, as stated.
1885 Jrnl. Soc. Telegraph-engineers & Electricians 14 196 Differences of potential greater than such millivolts as are concerned in thermo-electricity.
1929 K. Henney Princ. Radio xvi. 406 A hum output of 44 millivolts.
1971 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 84 11 A sensitivity of about 60 to 200 millimetres per millivolt was used for the average preparation.
1999 Sci. Amer. Apr. 98/1 The first stage of the circuit yields 10 millivolts for each nanoampere generated by the photodiode.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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