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overvolt

overvolt verb: to increase the voltage used in a component.

Verb

overvolt (third-person singular simple present overvolts, present participle overvolting, simple past and past participle overvolted)

  1. (transitive) To increase the voltage used in a component.

Antonyms of overvolt

Forms of overvolt

third-person singular presentovervolts
present participleovervolting
past participleovervolted
pastovervolted

Origin of overvolt

From over- + volt.

Questions about overvolt

What does overvolt mean?
Overvolt means to increase the voltage used in a component.
What part of speech is overvolt?
Overvolt is a verb.
What is the past tense of overvolt?
The past tense of overvolt is overvolted.

Words near overvolt in the dictionary

  1. overvoice
  2. overvoiced
  3. overvoices
  4. overvoicing
  5. overvolatility
  6. overvolt
  7. overvoltage
  8. overvoltaged
  9. overvoltages
  10. overvoltaging
  11. overvolted

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