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voltage

[vohl-tij] / ˈvoʊl tɪdʒ /




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Utility company Consolidated Edison has detected stray voltage at the site weeks after the death, a possible cause for the horse’s sudden flight.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

“The whole purpose of rapid shutdown in the code is to reduce that voltage to what’s deemed a safe level so firefighters won‘t get shocked or electrocuted,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Likewise, increased AI demand means the potential expansion of ultrahigh voltage, or UHV, transmission lines, which are widely used in other nations like China.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Neither its inquiry into our place in the universe nor its many references, in the background, to a North Korean incident that has kicked off World War III generates much dramatic voltage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

We’ll send you instructions on how to step down the voltage and put a new breaker in the line, but I'm sure you already know how.

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

To reach this conclusion, the researchers tested DNA using both glass and silicon nitride nanopores across a wide range of voltages and conditions.

From Science Daily Feb. 9, 2026

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

Tuve’s electrostatic accelerator would produce high voltages, all right, Lawrence told Brady.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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