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volt [for Alessandro Volta ], abbr. V, unit of electric potential and electromotive force . It is defined as the difference of electric potential existing across the ends of a conductor carrying a constant current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated is 1 watt. The kilovolt (1,000 V), the millivolt (0.001 V), and the microvolt (0.000001 V) are units derived from the volt. See voltmeter .

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A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Â© A Dictionary of Nursing 2008, originally published by Oxford University Press 2008. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

volt (vohlt) n. the SI unit of electric potential. Symbol: V.

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volt unit of electromotive force. XIX. Named after Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), It. physician and chemist, whence also voltaic XIX.

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