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Electron Volt

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
eV
plural
Electron Volts
possessive
Electron Volt's
pluralpossessive
Electron Volts'