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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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