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[vohl-tij] / ˈvoʊl tɪdʒ /




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A safe cable contains wires that enable communication with the phone’s battery management system, which monitors temperature, tracks voltage and detects short circuits.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

The state code requires that rooftop solar arrays have rapid shutdown systems that quickly reduce the voltage to a level that makes it safe for first responders to access a roof in an emergency.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Under ordinary conditions, the Hall voltage changes smoothly as the magnetic field increases.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

Neither its inquiry into our place in the universe nor its many references, in the background, to a North Korean incident that has kicked off World War III generates much dramatic voltage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

But the Dreamers have improved themselves, and the damming of seas for voltage, the extraction of coal, the transmuting of oil into food, have enabled an expansion in plunder with no known precedent.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

It’s called a solid-state transformer, and it’s designed to convert power to different voltages.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

To make the system work, the team designed specialized circuits that operate at extremely low voltages, cutting power consumption by more than 1000 times.

From Science Daily Jan. 6, 2026

Thanks to electroencephalography, researchers can even link slow-wave sleep to a process of synchronous changes in electrical voltages in thousands of neurons, known as up and down states.

From Salon Dec. 17, 2024

Familiar examples include standardized weights and measures, electrical voltages and cables, computer file formats, and paper currency.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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