ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does electric potential mean? • ELECTRIC POTENTIAL (noun)
The noun ELECTRIC POTENTIAL has 1 sense:
1. the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
Familiarity information: ELECTRIC POTENTIAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ELECTRIC POTENTIAL (noun)
Meaning:
The difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
electric potential; potential difference; potential drop; potential; voltage
Hypernyms ("electric potential" is a kind of...):
electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electric potential"):
evoked potential (the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus)
resting potential (the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse)
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