Vocabulary Term Details

Voltage

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage)

Voltage, otherwise known as electrical potential difference or electric tension (measured in units of electric potential: volts, or joules per coulomb), is the electric potential difference between two points, or the difference in electric potential energy of a unit test charge transported between two points. (Wikipedia)

Preferred Units: volt

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Electrical measurements
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Approved Date
06-Nov-2012

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