1
: electric potential or potential difference expressed in volts
2
: intensity of feeling
Examples of voltage in a Sentence
We measured the change in voltage across the circuit.
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If available, set the amp’s voltage at the highest setting.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
It’s helped that Southern California Edison’s lines are mostly underground and that the port, deemed a vital infrastructure, is exempt from brownouts, an outage resulting from a temporary drop in voltage.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
Any gold that has formed on the crystal takes on the voltage from the quartz and acts like a magnet for additional gold particles in Earth’s hydrothermal liquid.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
Non-centrosymmetric crystals distorted under stress have an imbalance in their internal electric configuration, which produces an electrical potential—or voltage—across the crystal that is directly proportional to the applied mechanical force.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2024
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
It’s helped that Southern California Edison’s lines are mostly underground and that the port, deemed a vital infrastructure, is exempt from brownouts, an outage resulting from a temporary drop in voltage.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
Any gold that has formed on the crystal takes on the voltage from the quartz and acts like a magnet for additional gold particles in Earth’s hydrothermal liquid.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
Non-centrosymmetric crystals distorted under stress have an imbalance in their internal electric configuration, which produces an electrical potential—or voltage—across the crystal that is directly proportional to the applied mechanical force.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Voltage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voltage. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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voltage
noun
volt·age
ˈvōl-tij 
: potential difference measured in volts
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