millivolt

American

[mil-uh-vohlt] / ˈmɪl əˌvoʊlt /

noun

Electricity.

a unit of electromotive force equal to one thousandth of a volt. mV, mv

Etymology

Origin of millivolt

First recorded in 1885–90; milli- + volt ¹

Example Sentences

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Unfortunately, no millivolt switch has made it out of the laboratory either.

From Nature • Feb. 8, 2016

Flap and gave him an Afro hairstyle, a goatee and a brain power that seems a bare millivolt greater than the low-powered intellects around him.

From Time Magazine Archive

The electric fields surrounding a power line can be as high as 10 kilovolts per meter, but the corresponding field induced in human cells will be only about 1 millivolt per meter.

From Time Magazine Archive

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