volt-ampere

[ vohlt-am-peer, -am-peer ]

/ Ë?voÊŠltË?Ã¦m pÉªÉ™r, -Ã¦mË?pÉªÉ™r /

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noun Electricity.

an electric measurement unit, equal to the product of one volt and one ampere, equivalent to one watt for direct current systems and a unit of apparent power for alternating current systems. Abbreviation: VA

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Origin of volt-ampere

First recorded in 1895â€“1900

Words nearby volt-ampere

Voltaire, voltaism, voltameter, voltammeter, voltammetry, volt-ampere, Volta Redonda, Voltaren, volte, volte-face, volti

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How to use volt-ampere in a sentence

Its electric car the Volt had its best month ever, selling 3,351 units.
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On the other hand, sales of the Volt declined in April 2013 from April 2012.
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The Volt, a plug-in hybrid, was expected to be the easier sell, since it also uses gas and has a range of several hundred models.
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The Volt, which can run for about 30 miles on electricity and has been slow to catch on, has been mocked by critics of GM.
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â€œIt sounds trivial but those numbers really add up a lot,â€ said Rory Paul of Volt Aerial Robotics.
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The next day the electricians hooked it up to a twelve-hundred-volt feed-line, and by noon it was ready to go.
Nine Men in Time|Noel Miller Loomis
Jean Marie Ampere, famed as a mathematician and natural philosopher, died.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Archivolt, râ€²ki-volt, n. the band or moulding which runs round the lower part of the archstones of an arch.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
Archivolt (rki-volt), in architecture, the ornamental band of mouldings on the face of an arch and following its contour.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2|Various
Ampereâ€”Amperes are units by which the rate of flow of electrical current (electrons) is measured.
Electricity for the 4-H Scientist|Eric B. Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for volt-ampere

volt-ampere

/ (Ë?vÉ™ÊŠltË?Ã¦mpÉ›É™) /

noun

the product of the potential in volts across an electrical circuit and the resultant current in amperesAbbreviation: VA

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Medical definitions for volt-ampere

voltampere

[ vÅltâ€²Ä?mâ€²pÃ®r ]

A unit of electrical power equivalent to 1 watt or one thousandth (10-3) of a kilowatt.

Scientific definitions for volt-ampere

volt-ampere

A unit of electric power equal to the product of one volt and one ampere, equivalent to one watt.

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