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[vohl-tij] / ˈvoʊl tɪdʒ /




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Data centres have typically been located near to cities where it's easier to access high voltage power lines or water resources for cooling.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Even though the applied voltage and the solution's composition remained unchanged, the researchers obtained almost none of the desired product.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Because the amount of voltage required to achieve that balance could be measured with exceptional precision, it provided another way to calculate big G.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

He added that demand strengthened across AI-driven applications and there was growing customer adoption of Treo and its high voltage solutions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

With Park siphoning off current and funneling it to the ground, the level of voltage that Shin was exposed to as he crawled over his friend’s back was probably not close to being lethal.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

“Today’s grid loses as much as 8% from power generation to end use, and the upgrade of the grid to higher voltages dramatically reduces energy losses, making the whole grid more economical.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

BelGaN, based in Belgium, specialized in making gallium nitride semiconductors, which allow for higher voltages compared with silicon-based chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Solid-state transformers convert power to different voltages, and go largely unnoticed, attached to telephone poles everywhere.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

The mushrooms were exposed to controlled electric currents at different voltages and frequencies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2025

More precisely, it appeared to solve the problem of how to produce high-energy particles without applying high voltages.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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