volt¹ /vōlt/

A derived SI unit, the unit of electromotive force, electric potential, or potential difference (symbol V), equal to the potential difference across a conductor when one ampere of current in it dissipates one watt of power

volta- /vol-tə-/ combining form

Denoting voltaic, as in volta-electricity and volta-electric

voltage /voltˈ or vōltˈij/ noun

1. Electromotive force in volts
2. Power, intensity (figurative)

voltaic /vol-tāˈik/ adjective

1. Relating to Alessandro Volta, who constructed the first electrical battery, a voltaic pile, and established the science of current electricity
2. (of electricity) generated by chemical action
3. Used in producing such electricity
4. Of, relating to or caused by voltaic electricity

volˈtaism noun

The branch of electricity concerning the production of an electric current from the chemical interaction of two immersed dissimilar metals

voltameter /vol-tamˈi-tər/ noun

An instrument formerly used for measuring an electric current by means of the amount of metal deposited, or gas liberated, from an electrolyte in a given time by the passage of the current

vōltˈmeter noun

An instrument for measuring electromotive force directly, calibrated in volts

voltage divider noun

A chain of impedances, most commonly resistors or capacitors, such that the voltage across one or more is an accurately known fraction of that applied to all

voltaic cell noun

A primary cell

volt-ampˈeres plural noun

The product of actual voltage (in volts) and actual current (in amperes) in a circuit

volt² or volte /volt/

1. A sudden movement or leap to avoid a thrust (fencing)
2. The gait of a horse going sideways round a centre
3. A track made by a horse executing this movement

To make a volt

volˈtage noun

• smokeless zone
• smokeless zones
• smoke out
• smokeproof
• smoker
• smoke room
• smoke rooms
• smoke-room stories
• smoke-room story
• smokers
• smokes
• smoke-sail
• smoke-sails
• smokescreen
• scarpa
• scarped
• scarper
• scarpered
• scarpering
• scarpers
• scarpetti
• scarpetto
• scarph
• scarpines
• scarping