Etymology

picovolt

P3I1C3O1V4O1L1T1

Today it means: One million millionth (10⁻¹²) of a volt, abbreviated as pV. Full definition →

English volt ← Spanish pico ← Old Spanish bico
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The story

  1. Latinbeccus
  2. Old Spanishbico
  3. Spanishpico
  4. Englishpico-
  5. Englishvolt
  6. English todaypicovolt

From pico- + volt.

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