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Volt (disambiguation)

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Volt (symbol V) is the SI derived unit for electromotive force and potential difference, named after Alessandro Volta.

Volt or Volts may also refer to:

Electrical measurement

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  • electron volt (eV), a unit of energy in physics
  • volt-ampere (VA), a unit used to measure the apparent power in an electrical circuit
  • volt-ampere reactive (var), a unit used to measure reactive power in an AC system
  • Volt meter, instrument for measuring electrical potential
  • Volt-ohm meter (VOM), instrument that combines several electrical measurement functions
  • volt-second (V⋅s), more commonly the weber (Wb), a unit of magnetic flux
  • Volts Center Tapped (VCT), a unit of voltage output of a center tapped transformer

Entertainment and media

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People

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  • Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), the Italian physicist after whom the term volt is named
  • John Volts (1825–1904?), a British critic, philosopher and writer.

Other uses

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See also

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