Meanings
plural begavolts
- datednonstandardA billion volts.
Christofilos' idea was of no use whatever to him; multi-begavolt synchrotrons can only be built by multi-billionaires.
1954, Astounding Science Fiction, volume 52, numbers 4-53, page 1611 more example
If the volt, ampere and ohm were taken as the absolute units, the practical units would be the ampere, begohm and begavolt, names just as convenient as ampere, coulomb and farad.
1900, Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 149, page 461
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