volt

Summary

volt is a SI unit with special name^[1]. volt has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• volt's instance of is recorded as SI unit with special name^[3].
• volt's instance of is recorded as UCUM derived unit^[4].
• volt's instance of is recorded as unit of electric potential^[5].
• volt's instance of is recorded as unit of electric potential difference^[6].
• volt's instance of is recorded as unit of voltage^[7].
• volt's measured physical quantity is recorded as voltage^[8].
• volt's measured physical quantity is recorded as electromotive force^[9].
• volt's measured physical quantity is recorded as electric potential^[10].
• volt's measured physical quantity is recorded as electric potential difference^[11].
• volt's measured physical quantity is recorded as bioelectric potential difference^[12].
• volt's measured physical quantity is recorded as membrane potential^[13].
• volt's measured physical quantity is recorded as Peltier coefficient^[14].
• volt's measured physical quantity is recorded as electrotonic potential^[15].
• volt's measured physical quantity is recorded as Q4530817^[16].
• Alessandro Volta is named after volt^[17].
• volt's Commons category is recorded as Volt^[18].
• volt's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• volt's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• volt's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[21].
• volt's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[22].
• volt's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C42551^[23].
• volt's different from is recorded as Volt^[24].
• volt's different from is recorded as V^[25].
• volt's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25250', 'amount': '+1'}^[26].
• volt's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q110096012^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include SI unit with special name^[3], UCUM derived unit^[4], unit of electric potential^[5], unit of electric potential difference^[6], and unit of voltage^[7].

Origins

Alessandro Volta is named after volt^[17].

Influence

Things named for volt include volt ampere^[28], an unit of power^[29] and Volt Europa^[30], a European political alliance^[31], founded in 2017^[32], headquartered in Ixelles^[33].

Why It Matters

volt has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] volt is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for volt include volt ampere^[28], an unit of power^[29] and Volt Europa^[30], a European political alliance^[31], founded in 2017^[32], headquartered in Ixelles^[33].