Definition of Potential unit

1. Noun. A measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground).

Generic synonyms: Electromagnetic Unit, Emu
Specialized synonyms: Abvolt, Millivolt, Mv, Microvolt, Nanovolt, Picovolt, Femtovolt, V, Volt, Kilovolt, Kv

Lexicographical Neighbors of Potential Unit

potences
potencies
potency
potender
potenders
potent
potentacies
potentacy
potentate
potentates
potential
potential difference
potential divider
potential drop
potential energy
potential unit (current term)
potential vorticities
potential vorticity
potential well
potentialities
potentiality
potentialize
potentially
potentially hazardous object
potentially hazardous objects
potentials
potentiate
potentiated
potentiates
potentiating

Literary usage of Potential unit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Electricity by Bruno Kolbe (1908)
"Deduction of the meaning of potential unit of electrical potential. Practical unit of this (the Volt). Store of work of an electric conductor. ..."

2. Transactions (1895)
"The compound name is not very cumbrous, and any suitable name should be reserved for the steam potential unit of the future, the practical centimetre- ..."

3. College Physics by John Oren Reed, Karl Eugen Guthe (1911)
"Unit Difference of Potential. Unit difference of potential, or unit electromotive force, is the difference of potential produced at the terminals of unit ..."

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