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Preferred term

electrical potential

Definition

  • Defined as the amount of work needed per unit of electric charge to move the charge from a reference point to a specific point in an electric field. By definition, the electric potential at the reference point is zero units. A typical reference point is earth (ground).

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • voltage

Identifier

  • 0007219

Change note

  • 0009-0008-1278-8890 Michael Götte created the resource

URI

https://w3id.org/nfdi4cat/voc4cat_0007219

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