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potential difference

potential difference noun: the difference in potential energy between two points in an electric field; the difference in charge between two points in an electrical circuit; voltage.

Noun

potential difference (plural potential differences)

  1. The difference in potential energy between two points in an electric field; the difference in charge between two points in an electrical circuit; voltage.

potential difference meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malay

potential difference in Hindi

difference in potential energy between two points
विभवांतर vibhavāntar

potential difference in Tamil

அழுத்தவித்தியாசம், மின்னழுத்த வேறுபாடு, அழுத்தவேற்றுமை, அழுத்தவேறுபாடு, மின் அழுத்த வேறுபாடு, மின்அழுத்த வேறுபாடு

potential difference in Kannada

ಹರಿವಿನಬಲದ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸ

potential difference in Malay

difference in potential energy between two points
beza keupayaan
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potential difference in Thai
ความต่างศักย์ไฟฟ้า kwaam-dtàang-sàk-fai-fáa

Forms of potential difference

pluralpotential differences

Questions about potential difference

What does potential difference mean?
Potential difference means the difference in potential energy between two points in an electric field; the difference in charge between two points in an electrical circuit; voltage.
What is potential difference in Hindi?
Potential difference in Hindi is विभवांतर (vibhavāntar). See Potential difference meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is potential difference?
Potential difference is a noun.
What is the plural of potential difference?
The plural of potential difference is potential differences.

Words near potential difference in the dictionary

  1. potentates
  2. potentation
  3. potentations
  4. potente
  5. potential
  6. potential difference
  7. potential differences
  8. potential energies
  9. potential energy
  10. potential mood
  11. potential moods

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Adapted from Wiktionary: potential difference (page history and authors); potential difference (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); potential difference (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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