overvoltage
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overvoltage
noun overvoltages
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The difference between the electric potential of an electrode or cell under the passage of a current and the thermodynamic value of the electrode or cell potential in the absence of electrolysis.
Similar: overpotential
- The hazardous condition that occurs when the voltage in a circuit is raised above that for which it was designed.
verb overvoltages · overvoltaging · overvoltaged
- To raise the voltage of a circuit beyond that for which it was designed.
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noun difference in potential
| Français | surtension |
|---|---|
| Italiano | sovratensione |
noun hazardous condition
| Español | sobretensión |
|---|---|
| Français | survoltage |
| Italiano | sovratensione |
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