abvolt

English

Etymology

ab- (“absolute”) +‎ volt

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æbˈvəʊlt/
(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈvoʊlt/[1][2]
Rhymes: -əʊlt

Noun

abvolt (plural abvolts)

(electricity, electrical engineering, dated) A unit of electrical potential equal to one hundred millionth of a volt (10^-8 volts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.

See also

abvolt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

“abvolt” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, →ISBN, page 11.
Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 7

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