volt
/vəʊlt/US/voʊlt/
volt noun: in the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V.
Noun (1)
volt (plural volts)
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V
- 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
- The system voltage is 630 volts d.c. and the supply to the trains is by top-contact third rail with running rail return.1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 659
- A bright yellow-green colour often used in Nike products.
- volt
Noun (2)
volt (plural volts)
- A circular movement in which the horse goes round in a small circle.
- A sudden movement to avoid a thrust; a parry.
Verb
volt (third-person singular simple present volts, present participle volting, simple past and past participle volted)
- To perform this movement.
- To perform this movement.
Noun (3) capitalized: Volt
UK/vɒlt/
Volt
- The pan-European party Volt Europa.
volt meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
volt in Hindi
- unit of measure
- वोल्ट volṭ
volt in Tamil
- unit of measure
- வோல்ட்டு vōlṭṭu
volt in Marathi
- व्होल्ट, वोल्ट
volt in Urdu
- unit of measure
- وولْٹ volṭ
More languagesFewer languages
- volt in Bengali
- ভোল্ট bhōlṭo
- volt in Telugu
- వోల్టు vōlṭu
- volt in Malayalam
- കുതിരയുടെ ചുറ്റിനടത്തം, വൈദ്യുതശക്തിയെ അളക്കുന്ന ഏകകം
- volt in Kannada
- ವೋಲ್ಟ್, ವೋಲ್ಟ್ಟ್, ವೊಲ್ಟ್
- volt in Punjabi
- ਵੋਲਟ
- volt in Odia
- ଭୋଲ୍ଟ, ଭୋଲ୍ଟ୍, ଭୋଲ୍ଟକୁ
- volt in Nepali
- भोल्ट, वोल्ट, भोल्ट गर्न
- volt in Tagalog
- bolta, boltiyo
- volt in Arabic
- فولْت volt, ڤولْت volt, ڥولْت volt
- volt in Malay
- volt
- volt in Indonesian
- volt
- volt in Thai
- โวลต์ wóon
- volt in Vietnamese
- vôn
- volt in Myanmar
- ဗို့ bui.
Examples of volt in a sentence
- Volkswagen will offer three 'mild hybrids' and also the full-blooded (or is that volted?) plug-in GTE.
- The operating voltage for the manpack radio is 13.5 volts from the primary battery.
- Some lose their ability to carry their maximum volted amperage with each tripping of the breaker.
Forms of volt
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | volts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | volts |
| present participle | volting |
| past participle | volted |
| past | volted |
Origin of volt
Named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Italian Volta.
From French volte.
Words formed from volt
- abvolt
- electron volt
- gigaelectron volt
- giga-volt
- gigavolt
- megaelectron volt
- kilovolt
- kilovoltmeter
- megavolt
- mega-volt
- micro-volt
- microvolt
- millivolt
- nano-volt
- nanovolt
- overvolt
- pico-volt
- picovolt
- teraelectron volt
- teravolt
- tera-volt
- undervolt
- voltage
- voltammeter
- volt-ampere
- voltampere
- voltmeter
- voltmetre
Words that rhyme with volt
Questions about volt
- What does volt mean?
- Volt means in the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V.
- What is volt in Hindi?
- Volt in Hindi is वोल्ट (volṭ). See Volt meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is volt?
- Volt can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce volt?
- Volt is pronounced /vəʊlt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of volt?
- The plural of volt is volts.
Words near volt in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: volt (page history and authors); Volt (page history and authors); volt (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volt (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); volt (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volt (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volt (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volt (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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