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electron volt

[ ih-lek-tron-vohlt ]

noun

, Physics.
  1. a unit of energy, equal to the energy acquired by an electron accelerating through a potential difference of one volt and equivalent to 1.602 × 10 −19 joules. : eV, ev


electron volt

  1. A unit used to measure the energy of subatomic particles. One electron volt is defined as the energy needed to move an electron (which has an electric charge equal to −1) across an electric potential of one volt.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of electron volt1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

For comparison, the super-energetic protons in the largest particle accelerator on Earth — the Large Hadron Collider — only reach trillions of electron volts.

For comparison, protons in the largest accelerator on Earth, the Large Hadron Collider, reach mere trillions of electron volts.

A search for possible sources of the 38 highest-energy gamma rays, above 398 trillion electron volts, came up empty, supporting the idea that the gamma rays came from cosmic rays that had wandered about the galaxy.

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