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volted

volted adjective: of the specified voltage. Also the simple past and past participle of volt.

Adjective

volted (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds) Of the specified voltage.
    • Some lose their ability to carry their maximum volted amperage with each tripping of the breaker.1990 June 10, Bill Ross, “Unbolted Foundation Indicates Older Home”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Dec...
    • Meanwhile the director of Dressed to Kill and The Untouchables contributes two brief De Palma specials: murder montages volted so high that each frame gives you a little shock.2006 September 13, Nigel Andrews, “That scary moment when royalty lost it”, in Financial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2025

Also used as

volted is also the simple past and past participle of volt.

Origin of volted

From volt + -ed.

Words formed from volted

Questions about volted

What does volted mean?
Volted means of the specified voltage.
What part of speech is volted?
Volted is an adjective.

Words near volted in the dictionary

  1. volte
  2. volte face
  3. volte faces
  4. volte-face
  5. volte-faces
  6. volted
  7. volter
  8. Volterra
  9. Volterra integral equation
  10. Volterra integral equations
  11. Volterra series

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