"giga-volt" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: giga-volts [plural], gigavolt [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas) Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas)der. English giga- English volt English giga-volt From giga- + volt. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|giga-|volt|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas) Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas)der. English giga- English volt English giga-volt [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "Γίγας", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "γίγας", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "giga-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "volt", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "giga-volt", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="giga-volt"> From giga- + volt. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=giga-volt}} giga-volt (plural giga-volts)
  1. One thousand million ( 10⁹ ) volts. Symbol: GV.

Inflected forms

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