Sentence examples for volt from inspiring English sources
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V
As a PEM cell can deliver a little under one volt, many of them have to be stacked together like a sliced loaf to produce a useful voltage.Fuel-cell stacks are potentially three or four times more efficient than internal combustion engines.
If petrol costs $3 a gallon (as regular does today), then the Volt would be able to travel 109 miles for the same price as that of a gallon of petrol.What if the owner does 50 miles between charges instead of 40 miles?
The second is that it can travel 400km on an overnight charge from an ordinary 240 volt socket.
Such cars are now seen as essential to the industry's future; indeed for GM itself the Volt could prove to be a lifesaver.
But given the upheavals in Libya, it seems possible that Megrahi's secrets, if he had any, went with him to the grave.In this section Volt from the blue To his grave The IMF v Beecroft Ballot and chain A rose by any other name Strange bedfellows The sins of the sons Convenience truths Once in a lifetime Reprints.
Nowadays, the mpg figure for the combined cycle is usually pretty close to what most motorists can expect to achieve in everyday motoring.But today's sticker is meaningless when vehicles get at least some, if not all, of their energy from a plug on the wall rather than a pump at the petrol station as is the case with pure electrics like the Leaf and plug-in hybrids such as the Volt.
He takes out a battered looking hand-held device, pushes a 9-volt battery into its back, and plugs a wire into it that branches into two metal tips.
It connected to the heart externally, weighed 45kg (100lb) and was powered by a 12-volt battery that had to be lugged around on a cart and recharged every 72 hours.Since the 1950s pacemakers, which use electrical impulses to regulate a beating heart, have shrunk substantially, as have their power packs.
The "quanta" of energy (ie, photons) carried by radio waves in, say, the UHF band used by television, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cordless phones, mobile phones, microwave ovens, garage remotes and many other household devices have energy levels of a few millionths of an electron-volt.
It is setting up a network of so-called "Superchargers," 440-volt DC systems that can yield an 80% recharge in about 30 minutes (pictured above).
It connected to the heart externally, weighed 45kg and was powered by a 12-volt battery that had to be lugged around on a cart and recharged every 72 hours.
