voltage

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Also, the Spanish grid's voltage range is greater than that of many of its neighbours, giving it limited margin in the case of voltage surges that might lead to a disconnection.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

An uncontrolled, sudden increase in voltage in the system "on a day with multiple concurrent phenomena" led to instability and "cascading generation", it said.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Under those conditions, a voltage appears across the material in the sideways direction.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026

When the team applied a negative voltage across the membrane, it triggered a chemical reaction inside the nanopore.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

We were working so close to the camp’s electric fence that I could smell the singed air and feel the voltage it shed vibrating in my teeth.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken