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eV

1 American  
Or ev

abbreviation

  1. electron volt.


EV 2 American  
Or E.V.

abbreviation

  1. electric vehicle: an automobile, e-scooter, e-bike, or other vehicle having an electric motor that is fully or partially powered by batteries.

  2. (of the Bible) English Version.


EV 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. English Version (of the Bible)

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eV 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. electronvolt

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eV Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of electron volt


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“Can it be explained by a sterile neutrino of mass around 1 eV? The answer is no.”

From Science Magazine

To detect dark sector particles with masses as low as 1/100,000th that of a proton, the material would need to unleash an electron when pinged by a photon of just 0.03 eV.

From Science Magazine

These data imply an upper bound of 0.9 eV, which goes down to 0.8 eV when combined with the earlier results.

From Scientific American

Previous measurements put the upper bound at 2 eV.

From Nature

From other particle physics experiments, scientists also know the average mass cannot be less than 0.02 eV.

From Scientific American