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a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,650 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,297 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt also: volt
- a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite also: vanadium, atomic number 23
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one also: five, 5, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome
- the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet
adjective
- being one more than four also: five, 5
v in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Nicodemus at Night V. Blind Bartimeus VI.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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The translation of the passage (B. v.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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A young girl in V.A.D. uniform ran lightly across the lawn.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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E V I L I am cast upon a desolate island, having no hopes, no prospects of a welcome deliverance.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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V Implacable I, the old Implacable Sea: Implacable most when most I smile serene— Pleased, not appeased, by myriad wrecks in me.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1