"overvoltage" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-overvoltage.wav Forms: overvoltages [plural]
Etymology: From over- + voltage. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|voltage}} over- + voltage Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} overvoltage (countable and uncountable, plural overvoltages)
  1. (physics) The 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; overpotential. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (difference in potential): ylipotentiaali (Finnish), surtension [feminine] (French), túlfeszültség (Hungarian), sovratensione [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-overvoltage-en-noun-cJxnZqbA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 26 10 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 29 38 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 16 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 30 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 27 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 64 21 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 54 27 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 69 20 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 61 23 16 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'difference in potential': 89 11
  2. The hazardous condition that occurs when the voltage in a circuit is raised above that for which it was designed. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (hazardous condition): ylijännite (Finnish), survoltage [masculine] (French), túlfeszültség (Hungarian), sovratensione [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-overvoltage-en-noun-aicBfo9e Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 29 38 33 Disambiguation of 'hazardous condition': 3 97

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-overvoltage.wav Forms: overvoltages [present, singular, third-person], overvoltaging [participle, present], overvoltaged [participle, past], overvoltaged [past]
Etymology: From over- + voltage. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|voltage}} over- + voltage Head templates: {{en-verb}} overvoltage (third-person singular simple present overvoltages, present participle overvoltaging, simple past and past participle overvoltaged)
  1. To raise the voltage of a circuit beyond that for which it was designed.
    Sense id: en-overvoltage-en-verb-0D5xm1DE Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 29 38 33

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