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begavolt

begavolt noun: a billion volts.

Noun

begavolt (plural begavolts)

  1. (dated, nonstandard) A billion volts.
    • If the volt, ampere and ohm were taken as the absolute units, the practical units would be the ampere, begohm and begavolt, names just as convenient as ampere, coulomb and farad.1900, Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 149, page 461
    • Christofilos' idea was of no use whatever to him; multi-begavolt synchrotrons can only be built by multi-billionaires.1954, Astounding Science Fiction, volume 52, numbers 4-53, page 161

Forms of begavolt

pluralbegavolts

Questions about begavolt

What does begavolt mean?
Begavolt means a billion volts.
What part of speech is begavolt?
Begavolt is a noun.
What is the plural of begavolt?
The plural of begavolt is begavolts.

Words near begavolt in the dictionary

  1. begaum
  2. begaumed
  3. begauming
  4. begaums
  5. begave
  6. begavolt
  7. begavolts
  8. begay
  9. begayed
  10. begaying
  11. begays

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