volt

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Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.

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Singular
volt

Plural
volts

volt (plural volts)

  1. 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

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volt m (plural volti)

  1. volt

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volt m.

  1. volt

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volt m. (plural volts)

  1. volt

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volt m. (plural volts)

  1. volt

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[edit] Hungarian

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From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric *wole- as Finnish and Estonian olla

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  • IPA: /ˈvolt/
  • Hyphenation: volt

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volt (not comparable)

  1. ex-, former, late, past, sometime (past participle of van)
    az egyetem volt tanára - the former professor of the university

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volt (plural voltok)

  1. volt (unit of measure, symbol: V)

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volt

  1. third-person singular past of van
    Milyen volt az előadás? - How was the show?

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volt m. (pl.: volt)

  1. volt
  2. volts

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volt

  1. he wishes, he wants, he is willing (archaic form of vult, present active indicative third-person singular of velle)

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volt

  1. A jump where one turns one or more times forwards (or backwards).
  2. (generalization of above) The action where something of large size turns over. See slå en volt.
    Bilen körde av vägen och slog en volt. = The car went off the road and turned over a whole turn.
Common
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative volt volten volter volterna
Genitive volts voltens volters volternas

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volt

  1. Volt, the SI unit of electric potential.
80 meñ volt = 80 thousand volts. [1]

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