1
: electric potential or potential difference expressed in volts
2
: intensity of feeling
Examples of voltage in a Sentence
We measured the change in voltage across the circuit.
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In addition, Intel says the voltage bug hasn’t affected its laptop processors or future desktop CPUs.
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PC Magazine, 17 July 2025
Shine light on it and an electronic potential—a voltage—will build up across the silicon. . . .
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 9 July 2025
While approving the Permian Basin Reliability Plan in October, PUC deferred the decision on the voltage level with a deadline to decide by May 1.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 8 July 2025
The report concludes that several steps meant to address a small instability made matters worse, eventually leading to a self-reinforcing cascade where high voltages caused power plants to drop off the grid, thereby increasing the voltage further.
—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
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PC Magazine, 17 July 2025
Shine light on it and an electronic potential—a voltage—will build up across the silicon. . . .
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 9 July 2025
While approving the Permian Basin Reliability Plan in October, PUC deferred the decision on the voltage level with a deadline to decide by May 1.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 8 July 2025
The report concludes that several steps meant to address a small instability made matters worse, eventually leading to a self-reinforcing cascade where high voltages caused power plants to drop off the grid, thereby increasing the voltage further.
—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
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“Voltage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voltage. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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voltage
noun
volt·age
ˈvōl-tij 
: potential difference measured in volts
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