voltage : Idioms & Phrases


cockcroft and walton voltage multiplier

  • noun a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube
    Cockcroft and Walton accelerator; Cockcroft-Walton accelerator; Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier.
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cockcroft-walton voltage multiplier

  • noun a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube
    Cockcroft and Walton accelerator; Cockcroft-Walton accelerator; Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier.
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high-voltage

  • adjective satellite operating on or powered by a high voltage
    high-potential.
    • a high-voltage generator
  • adjective satellite vigorously energetic or forceful
    high-energy; high-powered; high-power; high-octane.
    • a high-octane sales manager
    • a high-octane marketing plan
    • high-powered executives
    • a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur
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low-voltage

  • adjective subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage
    low-tension.
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voltage divider

  • noun resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage
    potential divider.
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voltage drop

  • noun a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing
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voltage regulator

  • noun a transformer whose voltage ratio of transformation can be adjusted
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