Meanings
plural overvoltages
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe difference between the electric potential of an electrode or cell under the passage of a current and the thermodynamic value of the electrode or cell potential in the absence of electrolysis.
Synonyms: overpotential
present singular third person overvoltages · participle present overvoltaging · participle past overvoltaged · past overvoltaged
- To raise the voltage of a circuit beyond that for which it was designed.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe difference between the electric potential of an electrode or cell under the passage of a current and the thermodynamic value of the electrode or cell potential in the absence of electrolysis.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishvoltage
- Englishovervoltage
Translations
Finnish ylipotentiaali, ylijännite
- ylipotentiaalidifference in potential
- ylijännitehazardous condition
French surtension, survoltage
- surtensiondifference in potential
- survoltagehazardous condition
Hungarian túlfeszültség, túlfeszültség
- túlfeszültségdifference in potential
- túlfeszültséghazardous condition
Indonesian tegangan lebih
- tegangan lebihhazardous condition
Italian sovratensione, sovratensione
- sovratensionedifference in potential
- sovratensionehazardous condition
Spanish sobretensión
- sobretensiónhazardous condition
Cite this entry
overvoltage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overvoltage
“overvoltage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overvoltage. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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