voltmeter

English

Demonstration voltmeter used in science education

Alternative forms

• voltmetre (nonstandard)
• voltometer (nonstandard, also pronounced differently)

Etymology

From volt +‎ -meter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvoʊltˌmitɚ/

Noun

voltmeter (plural voltmeters)

1. An instrument for measuring electric potential in volts.
   • 1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 268:

     Because most diesel failures can be traced to electrical faults, minor in themselves but often difficult to pin-point, any unscheduled halt during a trial run is often the signal for the frenzied unfolding of wiring diagrams and the appearance of an impressive array of voltmeters and circuit testers.

Translations

instrument for measuring electric potential

• Basque: voltmetro
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電壓表／电压表 (zh) (diànyābiǎo)

• Czech: voltmetr (cs) m
• Danish: voltmeter n
• Finnish: volttimittari (fi), jännitemittari (fi)
• French: voltmètre (fr) m
• Georgian: ვოლტმეტრი (volṭmeṭri)
• German: Spannungsmessgerät n, Voltmeter (de) n
• Greek: βολτόμετρο (el) n (voltómetro)
• Hungarian: voltmérő (hu)
• Irish: voltmhéadar m
• Italian: voltmetro (it) m
• Japanese: 電圧計 (ja) (でんあつけい, den'atsukei)
• Korean: 전압계 (ko) (jeonapgye)
• Malay: meter volt, voltmeter
• Maori: ine-ngaohiko
• Polish: woltomierz (pl) m
• Portuguese: voltímetro (pt) m
• Romanian: voltmetru (ro) n
• Russian: вольтме́тр (ru) m (volʹtmétr)
• Spanish: voltímetro m
• Swedish: voltmeter (sv) c
• Vietnamese: điện áp kế (電壓計)

Anagrams

• voltmetre

Dutch

Etymology

From volt +‎ meter.

Pronunciation

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Noun

voltmeter m (plural voltmeters, diminutive voltmetertje n)

1. voltmeter

Synonyms

• spanningsmeter

Swedish

Noun

voltmeter c

1. voltmeter

Declension

Declension of voltmeter

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	voltmeter	voltmeters
	definite	voltmetern	voltmeterns
plural	indefinite	voltmetrar	voltmetrars
	definite	voltmetrarna	voltmetrarnas