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| a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it | ||||
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| Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827) |