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abvolt

abvolt

English

Noun

abvolt ‎(plural abvolts)

  1. (electricity, electrical engineering, dated) A unit of electrical potential equal to one hundred millionth of a volt (10-8 volts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.

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References

  1. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 11
  2. ↑ Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], ISBN 0-394-43600-8), page 7

Etymology

ab- ‎(“absolute”) +‎ volt

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