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potential difference
potential difference
noun Electricity.
the difference between the potentials of two points in an electric field.
Origin:
1895–1900
1895–1900
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Potential difference
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| potential difference | |
| —n | |
| Compare electromotive force U, ΔV, Δφ, pd the difference in electric potential between two points in an electric field; the work that has to be done in transferring unit positive charge from one point to the other, measured in volts | |
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Science Dictionary
potential difference  (pə-těn'shəl) Pronunciation Key
The difference, measured in volts, in electric potential between two points, especially two points in an electric circuit. |
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