For Volt we have terms and definitions in 11 topics. The topics are Audio Technology, Car Audio, Energy, Explosives, Home Theater, Lighting, Music Technology, Plumbing, Sensors, Uk Power and Wire.

Volt (Audio Technology)

Using an analogy of water flow, electrical voltage is analogous to pressure, and electrical current analogous to the volume of water flow. Voltage pushes current through a circuit. One volt will create a current of 1 amp through a 1-Ohm resistor. In general, current is directly proportional to voltage and inversely proportional to resistance. (Ohms law).

Volt (Car Audio)

Basic unit of potential difference. We often talk about car audio as a 12-volt world because our car batteries supply a nominal 12 volts. (e.g., A potential of one volt will cause one amp of current to flow through a resistance of one ohm.)

Volt (Energy)

A unit of electromotive force. It is the amount of force required to drive a steady current of one ampere through a resistance of one ohm. Electrical systems of most homes and office have 120 volts.

Volt (Explosives)

The unit of voltage or, more technically, of Electric Potential and Electromotive Force. It is defined as the difference of electric potential existing across the ends of a conductor having a resistance of 1 OHM when the conductor is carrying a current of 1 AMPERE.

Volt (Home Theater)

The unit of electrical potential, or difference in electrical pressure, expressing the difference between two electrical charges.

Volt (Lighting)

Unit of electricl force or pressure. Household voltage in the United States, nominally 120 volts, varies between 110 and 125 volts.

Volt (Music Technology)

A volt (after the physicist, Count Allesandro Volta) is the amount of elecromotive force required to make one ampere of current flow through one ohm of resistance.

Volt (Plumbing)

Unit of measure of electromotive force

Volt (Sensors)

The volt is the SI derived unit for electric potential and voltage (derived from the ampere and watt). It is named in honor of Alessandro Volta, who, in 1800, invented the voltaic pile, the first chemical battery.
The volt is defined as the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere dissipates one watt of power. See also: Ampere, Electrical resistance, Resistor

Volt (Uk Power)

The unit of measurement of electromotive force. It is equivalent to the force required to produce a current of one ampere through a resistance of one ohm. The unit of measure for electrical potential. Generally measured in kilovolts or kV. Typical transmission level voltages are 115 kV, 230 kV and 500 kV

Volt (Wire)

Unit of electromotive force. It is the difference of potential required to make a current of one ampere flow through resistance of one ohm.

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