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high-voltage

high-volt·age
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hahy vohl-tij]
    • /haɪ ˈvoʊl tɪdʒ/
    • /haɪ ˈvɒl.tɪdʒ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahy vohl-tij]
    • /haɪ ˈvoʊl tɪdʒ/

Definitions of high-voltage word

  • adjective high-voltage operating on or powered by high voltage: a high-voltage generator. 1
  • adjective high-voltage Informal. dynamic; powerful: a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur. 1
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Origin of high-voltage

First appearance:

before 1965
One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1965-70

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Parts of speech for High-voltage

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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high-voltage popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Related words

  • ignition coil

    (in an automotive ignition system) a transformer consisting of two wire windings or coils in which low-voltage direct current is fed through the primary winding to generate high-voltage spark pulses in the secondary winding.

  • induction coil

    a transformer for producing high-voltage alternating current from a low-voltage direct current, consisting essentially of two concentric coils with a common soft-iron core, a primary coil with relatively few windings of heavy wire, and a secondary coil with many turns of fine wire. Excitation of the primary coil by rapidly interrupted or variable current induces high voltage in the secondary coil.

  • lightning arrester

    a device for preventing damage to radio, telephonic, or other electric equipment from lightning or other high-voltage currents, using spark gaps to carry the current to the ground without passing through the device.

  • surge protector

    a small device to protect a computer, telephone, television set, or the like from damage by high-voltage electrical surges.
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