statvolt

American

[stat-vohlt] / ˈstætˌvoʊlt /

noun

Electricity.

the electrostatic unit of electromotive force or potential difference, approximately equivalent to 300 volts and equal to the electromotive force or potential difference that will cause a current of one statampere to flow through a conductor with a resistance of one statohm.

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