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CT: Voltage is electric potential energy per unit charge, measured in joules per coulomb ( = volts). It is often referred to as “electric potential”, which then must be distinguished from electric potential energy by noting that the “potential” is a “per-unit-charge” quantity. Like mechanical potential energy, the zero of potential can be chosen at any point, so the difference in voltage is the quantity which is physically meaningful. The difference in voltage measured when moving from point A to point B is equal to the work which would have to be done, per unit charge, against the electric field to move the charge from A to B.

S: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/elevol.html (last access: 27 December 2014)

N: 1. “electromotive force reckoned in volts,” 1882, from volt + -age.
2. The concentration obtained depends on a large number of factors, chief among which are … the voltage applied to the electrodes, their temperature and the electrode cooling-water flow rate. Source 2, fiche 2, Anglais, Contexte 1 – voltage
3. voltage: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

S: 1. 2 & 3. TERMIUMPLUS.

SYN: potential difference

S: GDT

CR: electrical energy, volt .