Volt (disambiguation)

Volt (symbol V) is the SI derived unit for electromotive force and potential difference, named after Alessandro Volta.

Volt or Volts may also refer to:

Electrical measurement

• electron volt (eV), a unit of energy in physics
• volt-ampere (VA), a unit used to measure the apparent power in an electrical circuit
• volt-ampere reactive (var), a unit used to measure reactive power in an AC system
• Volt meter, instrument for measuring electrical potential
• Volt-ohm meter (VOM), instrument that combines several electrical measurement functions
• volt-second (V⋅s), more commonly the weber (Wb), a unit of magnetic flux
• Volts Center Tapped (VCT), a unit of voltage output of a center tapped transformer

Entertainment and media

• Ugo Volt, a computer game
• Volt, a poetry magazine published by Sonoma State University
• Volt (Dungeons & Dragons), a creature in the Dungeons & Dragons series
• Volt (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers series
• Volt (TV series), a Canadian television series in French
• Volt Records, classic soul record label
• Volts (album), an album by AC/DC
• Volt, an EP by Trip Shakespeare
• Volt, a playable character from Warframe

People

• Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), the Italian physicist after whom the term volt is named
• John Volts (1825–1904?), a British critic, philosopher and writer.

Other uses

• Chevrolet Volt, an American plug-in hybrid automobile
• Volt Europa, a pan-European political party
  • Volt Albania, its branch in Albania
  • Volt Austria, its branch in Austria
  • Volt Belgium, its branch in Belgium
  • Volt Bulgaria, its branch in Bulgaria
  • Volt Cyprus, its branch in Cyprus
  • Volt Czech Republic, its branch in Czech Republic
  • Volt Denmark, its branch in Denmark
  • Volt France, its branch in France
  • Volt Germany, its branch in Germany
  • Volt Greece, its branch in Greece
  • Volt Ireland, its branch in Ireland
  • Volt Italy, its branch in Italy
  • Volt Luxembourg, its branch in Luxembourg
  • Volt Malta, its branch in Malta
  • Volt Netherlands, its branch in the Netherlands
  • Volt Portugal, its branch in Portugal
  • Volt Romania, its branch in Romania
  • Volt Slovakia, its branch in Slovakia
  • Volt Spain, its branch in Spain
  • Volt Sweden, its branch in Sweden
  • Volt Switzerland, its branch in Switzerland
  • Volt Ukraine, its branch in Ukraine
  • Volt UK, its branch in United Kingdom
• Volt Technical Resources, a third-party recruiting company based in New York City
• VoltDB, an in-memory database
• Volt, a shade of the color Lime
• Volt Bank, a neobank in Australia (defunct)

See also

• Voltage (disambiguation)
• Megavolt (disambiguation)
• Ampere (disambiguation)