Meanings
plural voltmeters · alternative voltmetre · alternative voltometer
- An instrument for measuring electric potential in volts.
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Because most diesel failures can be traced to electrical faults, minor in themselves but often difficult to pin-point, any unscheduled halt during a trial run is often the signal for the frenzied unfolding of wiring diagrams and the appearance of an impressive array of voltmeters and circuit testers.
1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 268
Origin
- ItalianVolta
- Englishvolt
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
- Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
- Englishvoltmeter
Translations
Arabic مِقْياس الْجُهْد الْكَهْرَبَائِيّ, مِقْياس الْفُولْت
- مِقْياس الْجُهْد الْكَهْرَبَائِيّ (miqyās al-juhd al-kahrabāʔiyy)instrument for measuring electric potential
- مِقْياس الْفُولْت (miqyās al-fūlt)instrument for measuring electric potential
Basque voltmetro
- voltmetroinstrument for measuring electric potential
Bengali ভোল্টমিটার
- ভোল্টমিটার (bhōlṭomiṭar)instrument for measuring electric potential
Bulgarian во́лтме́тър
- во́лтме́тър (vóltmétăr)instrument for measuring electric potential
Chinese Mandarin 電壓表 /电压表
- 電壓表 /电压表 (diànyābiǎo)instrument for measuring electric potential
Czech voltmetr
- voltmetrinstrument for measuring electric potential
Danish voltmeter
- voltmeterinstrument for measuring electric potential
Dutch voltmeter
- voltmeterinstrument for measuring electric potential
Estonian voltmeeter
- voltmeeterinstrument for measuring electric potential
Finnish volttimittari, jännitemittari
- volttimittariinstrument for measuring electric potential
- jännitemittariinstrument for measuring electric potential
French voltmètre
- voltmètreinstrument for measuring electric potential
German Spannungsmessgerät, Voltmeter
- Spannungsmessgerätinstrument for measuring electric potential
- Voltmeterinstrument for measuring electric potential
Greek βολτόμετρο
- βολτόμετρο (voltómetro)instrument for measuring electric potential
Hebrew מַד מֶתַח
- מַד מֶתַח (mad métakh)instrument for measuring electric potential
Hindi वोल्टमीटर
- वोल्टमीटर (volṭamīṭar)instrument for measuring electric potential
Hungarian voltmérő
- voltmérőinstrument for measuring electric potential
Icelandic voltmælir
- voltmælirinstrument for measuring electric potential
Indonesian voltmeter
- voltmeterinstrument for measuring electric potential
Irish voltmhéadar
- voltmhéadarinstrument for measuring electric potential
Italian voltmetro
- voltmetroinstrument for measuring electric potential
Japanese 電圧計, ボルトメーター
- 電圧計 (den'atsukei)instrument for measuring electric potential
- ボルトメーター (borutomētā)instrument for measuring electric potential
Korean 전압계, 볼트미터
- 전압계 (jeonapgye)instrument for measuring electric potential
- 볼트미터 (bolteumiteo)instrument for measuring electric potential
Latvian voltmetrs
- voltmetrsinstrument for measuring electric potential
Lithuanian voltmetras
- voltmetrasinstrument for measuring electric potential
Malay meter volt, voltmeter
- meter voltinstrument for measuring electric potential
- voltmeterinstrument for measuring electric potential
Māori ine-ngaohiko
- ine-ngaohikoinstrument for measuring electric potential
Norwegian Bokmål voltmeter
- voltmeterinstrument for measuring electric potential
Polish woltomierz
- woltomierzinstrument for measuring electric potential
Portuguese voltímetro
- voltímetroinstrument for measuring electric potential
Romanian voltmetru
- voltmetruinstrument for measuring electric potential
Russian вольтме́тр
- вольтме́тр (volʹtmétr)instrument for measuring electric potential
Slovak voltmeter
- voltmeterinstrument for measuring electric potential
Spanish voltímetro
- voltímetroinstrument for measuring electric potential
Swedish voltmeter
- voltmeterinstrument for measuring electric potential
Thai โวลต์มิเตอร์
- โวลต์มิเตอร์ (wóon-mí-dtə̂ə)instrument for measuring electric potential
Turkish voltmetre
- voltmetreinstrument for measuring electric potential
Ukrainian вольтме́тр
- вольтме́тр (volʹtmétr)instrument for measuring electric potential
Vietnamese điện áp kế, vôn kế
- điện áp kếinstrument for measuring electric potential
- vôn kếinstrument for measuring electric potential
Cite this entry
voltmeter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voltmeter
“voltmeter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voltmeter. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “voltmeter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voltmeter.
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