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| 1. | (Man.) A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks. | |
| 2. | (Fencing) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust. | |
| 1. | (Elec.) The unit of electro-motive force; - defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one ampère. It is practically equivalent to |
| Noun | 1. | volt - a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it Synonyms: V |