Volt (disambiguation)
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Volt (symbol V) is the SI derived unit for electromotive force and potential difference, named after Alessandro Volta.
Volt or Volts may also refer to:
Electrical measurement[edit]
- electron volt (eV), a unit of energy in physics
- volt-ampere (VA), a unit used to measure the apparent power in an electrical circuit
- volt-ampere reactive (var), a unit used to measure reactive power in an AC system
- Volt meter, instrument for measuring electrical potential
- Volt-ohm meter (VOM), instrument that combines several electrical measurement functions
- volt-second (V⋅s), more commonly the weber (Wb), a unit of magnetic flux
- Volts Center Tapped (VCT), a unit of voltage output of a center tapped transformer
Entertainment and media[edit]
- Ugo Volt, a computer game
- Volt, a poetry magazine published by Sonoma State University
- Volt (Dungeons & Dragons), a creature in the Dungeons & Dragons series
- Volt (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers series
- Volt (TV series), a Canadian television series in French
- Volt Records, classic soul record label
- Volts (album), an album by AC/DC
- Volt, an EP by Trip Shakespeare
People[edit]
- Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), the Italian physicist after whom the term volt is named
- John Volts (1825–1904?), a British critic, philosopher and writer.
Other uses[edit]
- Chevrolet Volt, an American plug-in hybrid automobile
- Volt Europa, a pan-European political party
- Volt Albania, its branch in Albania
- Volt Austria, its branch in Austria
- Volt Belgium, its branch in Belgium
- Volt Bulgaria, its branch in Bulgaria
- Volt Cyprus, its branch in Cyprus
- Volt Czech Republic, its branch in Czech Republic
- Volt Denmark, its branch in Denmark
- Volt France, its branch in France
- Volt Germany, its branch in Germany
- Volt Greece, its branch in Greece
- Volt Ireland, its branch in Ireland
- Volt Italy, its branch in Italy
- Volt Luxembourg, its branch in Luxembourg
- Volt Malta, its branch in Malta
- Volt Netherlands, its branch in the Netherlands
- Volt Portugal, its branch in Portugal
- Volt Romania, its branch in Romania
- Volt Slovakia, its branch in Slovakia
- Volt Spain, its branch in Spain
- Volt Sweden, its branch in Sweden
- Volt Switzerland, its branch in Switzerland
- Volt Ukraine, its branch in Ukraine
- Volt UK, its branch in United Kingdom
- Volt Technical Resources, a third-party recruiting company based in New York City
- VoltDB, an in-memory database
- Volt, a shade of the color Lime
- Volt Bank, a neobank in Australia (defunct)
See also[edit]
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