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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts [syn: voltage, electromotive force, emf]
2: the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts [syn: electric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1890 1. electric potential or potential difference expressed in volts 2. intensity of feeling

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Voltage Vol"tage, n. (Elec.) Electric potential or potential difference, expressed in volts.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(voltages) The voltage of an electrical current is its force measured in volts. The systems are getting smaller and using lower voltages. ...high-voltage power lines. N-VAR