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femtovolt

femtovolt noun: one quadrillionth (10⁻¹⁵) of a volt.

Noun

femtovolt (plural femtovolts)

  1. One quadrillionth (10⁻¹⁵) of a volt.
    • Quantum fluctuations in superconductors created fluctuations that we could measure at a few femtovolts electrically, or magnetically at <10⁻¹⁵ Wb, or by temperature shifts of a few microKelvin.2001, Rudolf Rigler, Elliot S. Elson, Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy: Theory and Applications, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, page 306

Forms of femtovolt

pluralfemtovolts

Origin of femtovolt

From femto + volt.

Questions about femtovolt

What does femtovolt mean?
Femtovolt means one quadrillionth (10⁻¹⁵) of a volt.
What part of speech is femtovolt?
Femtovolt is a noun.
What is the plural of femtovolt?
The plural of femtovolt is femtovolts.

Words near femtovolt in the dictionary

  1. femtotechnological
  2. femtotechnologies
  3. femtotechnology
  4. femtotesla
  5. femtoteslas
  6. femtovolt
  7. femtovolts
  8. femtowatt
  9. femtowatts
  10. femullet
  11. femullets

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