MICROVOLT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does microvolt mean? 

• MICROVOLT (noun)
  The noun MICROVOLT has 1 sense:

1. a unit of potential equal to one millionth of a volt

  Familiarity information: MICROVOLT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROVOLT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of potential equal to one millionth of a volt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("microvolt" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("microvolt" is a part of...):

V; volt (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; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it)

 Context examples 

A SI derived unit of magnetic flux, equal to the flux that produces in a circuit of one turn an electromotive force of one microvolt, when the flux is uniformly reduced to zero within one second.

(Microvolt Second, NCI Thesaurus)