volt

plural volts

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

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

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

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   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

   Each turbogenerator consisted of a steam turbine, powered by 900 psi of superheated steam, that was coupled by a set of reduction gears to a General Electric marine alternating-current generator operating at 1,800 rpm. Each generator had a capacity of 2,000 kilowatts of three-phase power at 450 volts and 60 hertz. The main 450-volt switchboard was energized by the two turbogenerators. The emergency switchboard, in the emergency generator room, was fed from the main switchboard through an electrical tie.

   2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.3.5 Electrical Generation and Distribution System”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro, Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of Acklins and Crooked Island, Bahamas, October 1, 2015, archived from the original on 15 May 2022, pages 36–37

2. A bright yellow-green colour often used in Nike products.
3. A bright yellow-green colour often used in Nike products. volt:
   1. volt

plural volts

1. archaicequestrianismA circular movement in which the horse goes round in a small circle.
2. archaicfencingA sudden movement to avoid a thrust; a parry.

present singular third person volts · participle present volting · participle past volted · past volted

1. archaicequestrianismTo perform this movement.
2. archaicfencingTo perform this movement.

1. The pan-European party Volt Europa.