voltage

From volt +‎ -age, ultimately derived from the name of Alessandro Volta, inventor of the modern battery.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvəʊltɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈvɒltɪd͡ʒ/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈvoʊltɪd͡ʒ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈvəʉltɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈvɐʉltɪd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -əʊltɪdʒ, -ɒltɪdʒ
• Hyphenation: volt‧age

voltage (countable and uncountable, plural voltages)

1. (electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.

   The voltage between the wires is too low to produce a spark.

   Be careful when opening high-voltage equipment.

   • 1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 659:

     The system voltage is 630 volts d.c. and the supply to the trains is by top-contact third rail with running rail return.

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voltage m (plural voltages)

1. voltage

   Synonym: tension

• → Persian: ولتاژ (voltâž)

• “voltage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.