n.
The centimeter-gram-second electromagnetic unit of potential difference, equal to one hundred-millionth of a volt.
abvolt
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electric potential, electromotive force. Symbol abV. Metric-c.g.s. The absolute volt of the e.m.u. system, defined as 1 abV = the potential difference that exists between two points when the work done to transfer one abcoulomb of charge between them equals 1 erg. 1 abV = 10 nV.
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a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt
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- ab- (electromagnetism)
- maxwell (electromagnetism)
- maxwell (magnetic flux)
- practical unit (electromagnetics)
- electromagnetic unit
- volt (voltage, electromotive force, potential difference)
- absolute system (electromagnetics)
- e.m.u. system (electromagnetics)
- Abvolt
- Abampere
- Abohm
- Electric potential
- Conversion of units
