"electron volt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: electron volts [plural], eV [abbreviation]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} electron volt (plural electron volts)
  1. (physics) A unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles; the energy equal to that attained by an electron moving through a potential difference of one volt. Equivalent to 1.6022 x 10⁻¹⁹ joules. Wikipedia link: electron volt Categories (topical): Physics, Units of measure Synonyms: electronvolt Translations (a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles): elektron volt (Azerbaijani), электронвольт (elektronvolʹt) (Bashkir), ইলেক্ট্রন-ভোল্ট (ilekṭron-bhōlṭo) (Bengali), elétron-volt [masculine] (Brazilian Portuguese), 電子伏特 (Chinese Mandarin), 电子伏特 (diànzǐ fútè) (Chinese Mandarin), 電子伏 (Chinese Mandarin), 电子伏 (diànzǐfú) (Chinese Mandarin), elektronvolt [masculine] (Czech), elektronvolt (Danish), elektronvolt [masculine] (Dutch), eletrão-volt [masculine] (European Portuguese), elektronivoltti (Finnish), électronvolt [masculine] (French), électron-volt [masculine] (French), ელექტრონვოლტი (elekṭronvolṭi) (Georgian), Elektronenvolt [neuter] (German), Elektronvolt [neuter] (German), elektronvolt (Hungarian), elektronvolt (Indonesian), elettronvolt [masculine] (Italian), 電子ボルト (denshi boruto) (Japanese), электронвольт (élektronvolt) (Kazakh), 전자볼트 (jeonjabolteu) (Korean), электронвольт (elektronvolt) (Kyrgyz), electronvoltium [neuter] (Latin), الکترونولت (Persian), elektronowolt [masculine] (Polish), electronvolt [masculine] (Romanian), электро́н-во́льт (elektrón-vólʹt) [masculine] (Russian), электронвольт (elektronvolʹt) [masculine] (Russian), electronvoltio [masculine] (Spanish), elektronvolt [common-gender] (Swedish), இலத்திரன்வோல்ட் (ilattiraṉvōlṭ) (Tamil), อิเล็กตรอนโวลต์ (Thai), གློག་རྡུལ་ཝོལ། (glog rdul wol) (Tibetan), elektronvolt (Uzbek)

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "elektrón-vólʹt",
      "sense": "a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "электро́н-во́льт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "elektronvolʹt",
      "sense": "a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "электронвольт"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "electronvoltio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "elektronvolt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "ilattiraṉvōlṭ",
      "sense": "a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles",
      "word": "இலத்திரன்வோல்ட்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles",
      "word": "อิเล็กตรอนโวลต์"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "glog rdul wol",
      "sense": "a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles",
      "word": "གློག་རྡུལ་ཝོལ།"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles",
      "word": "elektronvolt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "electron volt"
}

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