See Also: voltage(medicine)
voltage(dictionary)
voltage(dictionary)
voltage clamp(medicine)
voltage gradient(medicine)
voltage loop(medicine)
voltage gated ion channel(medicine)
voltage-gated channel(medicine)

voltage (iou)



voltage noun. L19.
[from VOLT noun1 + -AGE.]
Electromotive force or potential difference, esp. expressed in volts.
high voltage, low voltage, overvoltage, screen voltage, surge voltage, etc. fig.: Times Walton's first symphony is a work of extraordinarily high voltage.
Comb.: voltage clamp noun & verb (Physiology) (a) noun (the application of) a constant voltage artificially maintained across a cell membrane; (b) verb trans. apply a voltage clamp to (chiefly as voltage-clamped ppl adjective, voltage-clamping verbal noun); voltage-controlled adjective controllable by varying the applied voltage; voltage divider a linear resistor or series of resistors which can be tapped at any intermediate point to produce a specific fraction of the voltage applied between its ends.