volts
- 1Plural of volt.
The power supply can be set to either five or twelve volts.
Engineers measured a drop of several volts across the long cable.
Note
The plural covers any reading other than exactly one, whether a battery's output or a drop along a cable. The same spelling also serves two archaic senses of volt: the small circle a horse is ridden in, and the sudden sidestep that dodges a thrust. Older writing on riding or fencing can therefore speak of volts with no electricity involved. The lime-like color is uncountable and has no plural.
volts is a form of volt
volt, noun: The SI derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force, equal to the potential difference across a conductor that carries one ampere while dissipating one watt of power. Full entry
- Forms
- voltvolts plural
- Spelling
- volt → volts: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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