"voltage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /vəʊltɪd͡ʒ/ [UK], /voʊltɪd͡ʒ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-voltage.wav [Southern-England] Forms: voltages [plural]
Rhymes: -oʊltɪd͡ʒ Etymology: volt + -age, ultimately derived from the name of Alessandro Volta, inventor of the modern battery. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|volt|age}} volt + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} voltage (countable and uncountable, plural voltages)
  1. (electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth. Wikipedia link: voltage Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Electricity Translations (difference in electrostatic potential): tension [masculine] (Albanian), جُهْد (juhd) [masculine] (Arabic), فُولْتِيَّة (voltiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), լարում (larum) (Armenian), gərginlik (Azerbaijani), напру́жанне (naprúžannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), напру́га (naprúha) [feminine] (Belarusian), বিভব (bibhob) (Bengali), напреже́ние (naprežénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ဗို့အား (bui.a:) (Burmese), boltahe (Cebuano), 電壓 (Chinese Mandarin), 电压 (diànyā) (Chinese Mandarin), napětí [neuter] (Czech), spænding [common-gender] (Danish), spanning (Dutch), tensio (Esperanto), pinge (Estonian), jännite (Finnish), tension [feminine] (French), voltage [masculine] (French), voltaxe [feminine] (Galician), ძაბვა (ʒabva) (Georgian), Spannung [feminine] (German), τάση (tási) [feminine] (Greek), מֶתַח [masculine] (Hebrew), ווֹלטָג׳ [masculine] (Hebrew), विभवांतर (vibhvāntar) [masculine] (Hindi), वोल्टता (volṭatā) [masculine] (Hindi), विद्युत्-दाब (vidyut-dāb) [masculine] (Hindi), feszültség (Hungarian), rafspenna [feminine] (Icelandic), spenna [feminine] (Icelandic), straumstyrkur [masculine] (Icelandic), tegangan (Indonesian), tegangan listrik (Indonesian), beda potensial (Indonesian), spaning (Indonesian), voltase (Indonesian), voltaggio [masculine] (Italian), tensione [feminine] (Italian), 電圧 (den'atsu) (alt: でんあつ) (Japanese), кернеу (kerneu) (Kazakh), តង់ស្យុង (tɑngsyong) (Khmer), 전압 (jeonap) (Korean), шыкалуу (şıkaluu) (Kyrgyz), ຄວາມດັນໄຟຟ້າ (khuām dan fai fā) (Lao), spriegums [masculine] (Latvian), voltāža [feminine] (Latvian), įtampa (Lithuanian), напон (napon) [masculine] (Macedonian), волта́жа (voltáža) [feminine] (Macedonian), voltan (Malay), voltase [Indonesia] (Malay), ngaohiko (Maori), хүчдэл (xüčdel) (Mongolian), spenning [masculine] (Norwegian), ولتاژ (voltâž) (Persian), voltagg [masculine] (Piedmontese), napięcie [neuter] (Polish), woltaż [masculine] (Polish), tensão [feminine] (Portuguese), voltagem [feminine] (Portuguese), tensiune [feminine] (Romanian), voltaj [neuter] (Romanian), напряже́ние (naprjažénije) [neuter] (Russian), вольта́ж (volʹtáž) [dated, masculine] (Russian), на́пон [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nápon [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), napätie [neuter] (Slovak), napetost [feminine] (Slovene), voltaža [feminine] (Slovene), voltaje [masculine] (Spanish), tensión [feminine] (Spanish), spänning [common-gender] (Swedish), boltahe (Tagalog), шиддат (šiddat) (Tajik), โวลเตจ (woon-dtèet) (Thai), ศักย์ (sàk) (Thai), ศักย (sàk-gà-yá-) (Thai), แรงดันไฟฟ้า (rɛɛng-dan-fai-fáa) (Thai), gerilim (Turkish), tok güýji (Turkmen), напру́га (naprúha) [feminine] (Ukrainian), напру́ження (naprúžennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), вольта́ж (volʹtáž) [masculine] (Ukrainian), وولٹیج (volṭej) [masculine] (Urdu), توك بېسىمى (tok bësimi) (Uyghur), بېسىم (bësim) (Uyghur), kuchlanish (Uzbek), điện áp (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
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          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
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          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ʒabva",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
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          "word": "विभवांतर"
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          "roman": "volṭatā",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "वोल्टता"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vidyut-dāb",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "विद्युत्-दाब"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "word": "feszültség"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rafspenna"
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "spenna"
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "straumstyrkur"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "word": "tegangan"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "word": "tegangan listrik"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "word": "beda potensial"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "word": "spaning"
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        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "word": "voltase"
        },
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          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "voltaggio"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tensione"
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        {
          "alt": "でんあつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "den'atsu",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "word": "電圧"
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        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "kerneu",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "word": "кернеу"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tɑngsyong",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "word": "តង់ស្យុង"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeonap",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "word": "전압"
        },
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "şıkaluu",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "word": "шыкалуу"
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "khuām dan fai fā",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "word": "ຄວາມດັນໄຟຟ້າ"
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          "roman": "voltáža",
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          "word": "voltan"
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          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
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          "word": "voltase"
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          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
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          "word": "voltaj"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "naprjažénije",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "напряже́ние"
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          "roman": "volʹtáž",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
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          "word": "вольта́ж"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
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      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "ဗို့အား"
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      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "電壓"
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      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "电压"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "jännite"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "電圧"
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      "code": "km",
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      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "តង់ស្យុង"
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      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
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      "word": "tensiune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "voltaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naprjažénije",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "напряже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volʹtáž",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вольта́ж"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "на́пон"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nápon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "napätie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "napetost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voltaža"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voltaje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tensión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spänning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "boltahe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šiddat",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "шиддат"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "woon-dtèet",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "โวลเตจ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sàk",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "ศักย์"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sàk-gà-yá-",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "ศักย"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rɛɛng-dan-fai-fáa",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "แรงดันไฟฟ้า"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "gerilim"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "tok güýji"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naprúha",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "напру́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naprúžennja",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "напру́ження"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "volʹtáž",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вольта́ж"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "volṭej",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وولٹیج"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "tok bësimi",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "توك بېسىمى"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "bësim",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "بېسىم"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "kuchlanish"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "difference in electrostatic potential",
      "word": "điện áp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "voltage"
}

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