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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voltímetro"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "instrument for measuring electric potential",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "voltmeter"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "voltsanj",
"sense": "instrument for measuring electric potential",
"word": "волтсанҷ"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "voltmetr",
"sense": "instrument for measuring electric potential",
"word": "волтметр"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "wóon-mí-dtə̂ə",
"sense": "instrument for measuring electric potential",
"word": "โวลต์มิเตอร์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "instrument for measuring electric potential",
"word": "voltmetre"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"lang_code": "tk",
"sense": "instrument for measuring electric potential",
"word": "woltmetr"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "volʹtmétr",
"sense": "instrument for measuring electric potential",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вольтме́тр"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"lang_code": "uz",
"sense": "instrument for measuring electric potential",
"word": "voltmetr"
},
{
"alt": "電壓計",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "instrument for measuring electric potential",
"word": "điện áp kế"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "instrument for measuring electric potential",
"word": "vôn kế"
}
],
"word": "voltmeter"
}
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