voltage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: voltage	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voltage n the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts Synonym(s): voltage, electromotive force, emf the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts Synonym(s): electric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voltage \Vol"tage\, n. (Elec.) Electric potential or potential difference, expressed in volts.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
voltage (Or "potential difference", "electro-motive force" (EMF)) A quantity measured as a signed difference between two points in an electrical circuit which, when divided by the {resistance} in {Ohms} between those points, gives the current flowing between those points in {Amperes}, according to {Ohm's Law}. Voltage is expressed as a signed number of Volts (V). The voltage gradient in Volts per metre is proportional to the force on a charge. Voltages are often given relative to "earth" or "ground" which is taken to be at zero Volts. A circuit's earth may or may not be electrically connected to the actual earth. The voltage between two points is also given by the charge present between those points in {Coulombs} divided by the {capacitance} in {Farads}. The capacitance in turn depends on the {dielectric constant} of the insulators present. Yet another law gives the voltage across a piece of circuit as its {inductance} in {Henries} multiplied by the rate of change of current flow through it in Amperes per second. A simple analogy likens voltage to the pressure of water in a pipe. Current is likened to the amount of water (charge) flowing per unit time. (1995-12-04)