volt-ampere

/vohlt-am-peer, -am-peer/US // ˈvoʊltˈæm pɪər, -æmˈpɪər //UK // (ˈvəʊltˈæmpɛə) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

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Electricity.
- : an electric measurement unit, equal to the product of one volt and one ampere, equivalent to one watt for direct current systems and a unit of apparent power for alternating current systems. Abbreviation: VA

Its electric car the Volt had its best month ever, selling 3,351 units.
On the other hand, sales of the Volt declined in April 2013 from April 2012.
The Volt, a plug-in hybrid, was expected to be the easier sell, since it also uses gas and has a range of several hundred models.
The Volt, which can run for about 30 miles on electricity and has been slow to catch on, has been mocked by critics of GM.
“It sounds trivial but those numbers really add up a lot,” said Rory Paul of Volt Aerial Robotics.
The next day the electricians hooked it up to a twelve-hundred-volt feed-line, and by noon it was ready to go.
Jean Marie Ampere, famed as a mathematician and natural philosopher, died.
Archivolt, r′ki-volt, n. the band or moulding which runs round the lower part of the archstones of an arch.
Archivolt (rki-volt), in architecture, the ornamental band of mouldings on the face of an arch and following its contour.
Ampere—Amperes are units by which the rate of flow of electrical current (electrons) is measured.