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# voltage

«voltage» in Mova's school dictionary: **the push that makes electric current flow around a circuit** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (voltage, voltages)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Voltage is the push that makes electric current flow around a circuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voltage/#m1)

2) Voltage is measured in volts (V); a higher voltage gives a bigger push. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voltage/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on electricity, a battery marked 1.5 V has a voltage of 1.5 volts; adding more cells in a line raises the voltage and makes a bulb brighter. In safety lessons mains electricity has a high voltage and is dangerous; never touch sockets or wires with wet hands. Signs say «Danger: High Voltage».

### examples

- The battery has a voltage of 9 volts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voltage/#x1)
- Two 1.5 V cells give a voltage of 3 V. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voltage/#x2)
- Higher voltage made the bulb shine brighter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voltage/#x3)
- Danger: high voltage — keep out! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voltage/#x4)
- Mains voltage in the UK and Australia is about 230 volts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voltage/#x5)
- We measured the voltage with a voltmeter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voltage/#x6)
- Too much voltage can blow a bulb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voltage/#x7)

### note

Measured in volts, symbol V. In maths/science: cells in series add their voltages (1.5 V + 1.5 V = 3 V). Do not confuse voltage (push) with current (flow, measured in amps).

### In the corpora

- [A power station turns big machines that push electricity along wires on tall pylons to our homes, at very high voltage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/27-batteries-circuits-and-how-electricity-flows/14/)
- [Near your town, transformers in a humming substation turn the voltage down so it is safe enough to use in homes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/32-power-stations-and-the-grid/3/)
- [Pylons carry electricity long distances at very high voltage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/13/)
- [A substation lowers the voltage before electricity goes to homes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «voltage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voltage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.