"voltmeter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvoʊltˌmitɚ/ Forms: voltmeters [plural]
Etymology: volt + -meter Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|volt|meter}} volt + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} voltmeter (plural voltmeters)
  1. An instrument for measuring electric potential in volts. Wikipedia link: voltmeter Categories (topical): Measuring instruments Synonyms: voltmetre [nonstandard], voltometer (english: also pronounced differently) [nonstandard] Translations (instrument for measuring electric potential): voltmetro (Basque), 電壓表 (Chinese Mandarin), 电压表 (diànyābiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), voltmetr [masculine] (Czech), voltmeter [neuter] (Danish), volttimittari (Finnish), jännitemittari (Finnish), voltmètre [masculine] (French), ვოლტმეტრი (volṭmeṭri) (Georgian), Spannungsmessgerät [neuter] (German), Voltmeter [neuter] (German), βολτόμετρο (voltómetro) [neuter] (Greek), voltmérő (Hungarian), voltmhéadar [masculine] (Irish), voltmetro [masculine] (Italian), 電圧計 (den'atsukei) (alt: でんあつけい) (Japanese), meter volt (Malay), voltmeter (Malay), ine-ngaohiko (Maori), woltomierz [masculine] (Polish), voltímetro [masculine] (Portuguese), voltmetru [neuter] (Romanian), вольтме́тр (volʹtmétr) [masculine] (Russian), voltímetro [masculine] (Spanish), voltmeter [common-gender] (Swedish), điện áp kế (alt: 電壓計) (Vietnamese)

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