electronvolt

/ ɪˌlɛktrɒnˈvəʊlt /

noun

1. eV. a unit of energy equal to the work done on an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt. 1 electronvolt is equivalent to 1.602 × 10 ^–19 joule

Example Sentences

They are relatively heavy — somewhere between 1 giga­electronvolt, or roughly the mass of one proton, and 1 teraelectronvolt — and thus would be relatively slow, or ‘cold’.

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The main 6-giga­electronvolt electron beam at Jefferson Lab has the right energy to probe the most likely mass range for a heavy photon.

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