abvolt
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æbˈvəʊlt/
- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈvoʊlt/[1][2]
- Rhymes: -əʊlt
Noun
abvolt (plural abvolts)
- (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.
References
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abvolt”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.
- Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 7
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