potential difference
the difference between the potentials of two points in an electric field.
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My conversation with Mahalik led me to ask other scholars about potential differences in how men and women evaluate medical evidence.
Why Is There Such A Gender Gap In COVID-19 Vaccination Rates? | Angelica Puzio (angelicapuzio@gmail.com) | June 22, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThe action simply develops potential difference, and this generates the current where a circuit exists.
The movement only sets up a potential difference, and the power expended in effecting the movement generates C E.
The nature of the gas also affects the potential difference.
Throughout a wide range the deflections are proportional to the potential difference producing them.
The jar can be charged so that a certain potential difference V, reckoned in volts, exists between the two coatings.
British Dictionary definitions for potential difference
the difference in electric potential between two points in an electric field; the work that has to be done in transferring unit positive charge from one point to the other, measured in volts: Symbol: U, Δ V, Δφ Abbreviation: pd Compare electromotive force
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Scientific definitions for potential difference
[ pə-tĕn′shəl ]
The difference, measured in volts, in electric potential between two points, especially two points in an electric circuit.
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