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[vohl-tij] / ˈvoʊl tɪdʒ /




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The shorter the voltage has to travel, the faster and more efficient the charge can be, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

The state code requires that rooftop solar arrays have rapid shutdown systems that quickly reduce the voltage to a level that makes it safe for first responders to access a roof in an emergency.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Under ordinary conditions, the Hall voltage changes smoothly as the magnetic field increases.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

When a magnetic field is applied, a second voltage develops at right angles to the current.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

It's a 40 amp-hour Ag-Zn battery with an optimal voltage of 1.5.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Solid-state transformers convert power to different voltages, and go largely unnoticed, attached to telephone poles everywhere.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

It’s called a solid-state transformer, and it’s designed to convert power to different voltages.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

Meanwhile, Wang’s group proposed an efficient conductive material design that could operate effectively at relatively low voltages.

From Science Daily Oct. 11, 2025

Thanks to electroencephalography, researchers can even link slow-wave sleep to a process of synchronous changes in electrical voltages in thousands of neurons, known as up and down states.

From Salon Dec. 17, 2024

In these cases, one mixes pseudorandom numbers from several computers, then incorporates the physical indeterminacy of randomly fluctuating voltages from a “white noise” source.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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