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Volt

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English

Noun

volt

Etymology

Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V

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See also

Wikipedia article volt

French

Noun

volt m

  1. volt

Italian

Noun

volt m (pl: volt)

  1. volt
  2. volts

Swedish

Noun

volt

  1. Volt, the SI unit of electric potential.
  2. A jump where one turns one or more times forwards (or backwards).
  3. (generalization of above) The action where something of large size turns over. See slå en volt .
    Bilen körde av vägen och slog en volt. = The car went off the road and turned over a whole turn.
Common
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative volt volten volter volterna
Genitive volts voltens volters volternas



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