† voltagen.1
Obsolete. rare.
The action of causing a horse to move in voltes.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > art of horse-riding > move in voltes > causing horse to move in voltes
voltage1606
1606 J. Ford Fames Memoriall sig. CI He assaies, Which way to manage an vntamed horse When, how, to spur, & rayn, to stop, and raise, Close sitting, voltage of a manlike force.
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voltagen.2
/ˈvəʊltɪdʒ/, /ˈvɒltɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈvoʊltɪdʒ/ a. Electromotive force reckoned or expressed in volts. Also figurative.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [noun] > quality
excitancya1834
thrillingness1847
thrill1886
voltage1890
excitingnessa1910
zizz1920
sizzle1964
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > voltage > [noun]
voltage1890
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Aug. 4/3 The voltage varied between 700 and 1,300 volts.
1894 S. R. Bottone Electr. Instr. Making (ed. 6) 111 In calculating the voltage, the desired current must also be considered, and allowance made both for the internal and external resistances.
1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 855 It is difficult to say what voltage is fatal to man.
b. attributive (esp. with adjective preceding). Also in figurative use.
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1890 Daily News 4 Jan. 6/7 There is as much danger from the low voltage as there is from the high voltage system, as far as fire is concerned.
1894 Daily News 22 Jan. 2/8 The question of high voltage electricity.
1959 Listener 8 Oct. 590/1 Synge's brief but high-voltage career.
1966 N. Freeling King of Rainy Country 128 Her high-voltage emotions injected into the situation would doubtless tangle things still further.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
voltage doubler n.
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1947 R. Lee Electronic Transformers & Circuits iii. 51 (heading) Voltage doublers.
voltage-regulation n.
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1956 Nature 18 Feb. 298/1 Electrical characteristics are next treated, including..descriptions of..voltage-regulation methods and apparatus.
voltage regulator n.
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1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 90/2 (heading) Voltage regulators.
1962 J. H. Simpson & R. S. Richards Physical Princ. Junction Transistors 496 We consider a voltage regulator whose input voltage..and output voltage and current..are connected by the equation [etc.].
b.
voltage-doubling n.
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1947 R. Lee Electronic Transformers & Circuits iii. 51 (caption) Relation of peak sine voltage to d-c voltage in voltage-doubling circuit.
C2.
voltage clamp n. Physiology (the application of) a constant voltage maintained across a cell membrane by artificial means.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [noun] > treatment with electricity
voltage clamp1952
zone electrophoresis1952
voltage-clamping1981
1952 Jrnl. Physiol. 117 504 (heading) Mathematical description of membrane current during a voltage clamp.
1964 G. H. Haggis et al. Introd. Molecular Biol. vi. 159 These ionic permeability changes associated with the action potential have been studied in squid axons and frog muscle cells..with the very elegant ‘voltage clamp’ technique.
voltage-clamped adj.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [adjective] > treatment with electricity
voltage-clamped1979
1979 Acta Protozoologica XVIII. 183 Instantaneous I/V plots of voltage-clamped deciliated cells lack the negative resistance property characteristic of ciliated cells.
voltage-clamping n.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [noun] > treatment with electricity
voltage clamp1952
zone electrophoresis1952
voltage-clamping1981
1981 Nature 15 Oct. 517 Although the principle is simple enough—to keep the voltage across a cell membrane constant—the technology of voltage-clamping has become a sophisticated exercise in electrical engineering.
voltage-controlled adj. controllable by varying the applied voltage.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > [adjective] > controlled by voltage
voltage-controlled1962
1962 J. H. Simpson & R. S. Richards Physical Princ. Junction Transistors xiv. 359 External methods of gain control usually employ auxiliary diodes..to act as a voltage-controlled potential divider.
1976 Electronic Engin. Nov. 27/1 It [sc. a waveform generator circuit] can be used..in many other applications where a voltage controlled waveform is required.
voltage divider n. a linear resistor or series of resistors which can be tapped at any intermediate point to obtain a voltage equal to a desired fraction of the voltage applied between its ends.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > [noun] > resistor
high-frequency resistance1892
decade1911
voltage divider1930
bleeder resistance or resistor1935
resistor1947
1930 Sci. Abstr. B. 33 Index 846 Voltage dividers, capacity and resistance types.
1932 Bureau of Standards Jrnl. Res. (U.S.) 9 81 (heading) Theory of voltage dividers and their use with cathode ray oscillographs.
1983 IEEE Trans. Instrumentation & Measurement XXXII. 33/2 The attenuation reference standard in this system is a high class..inductive voltage divider.
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