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Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA" title="فولت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="فولت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F" title="ভল্ট – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ভল্ট" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltiu" title="Voltiu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Voltiu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA" title="وولت – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="وولت" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F" title="ভোল্ট – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ভোল্ট" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B3%CD%98-l%C3%BA-to%CD%98h" title="Bó͘-lú-to͘h – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bó͘-lú-to͘h" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82" title="Вольт – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вольт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82" title="Вольт – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Вольт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82" title="Волт – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Волт" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%9D%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%A3%E0%BC%8D" title="ཝོལ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཝོལ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82" title="Вольт – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Вольт" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%84" title="Βολτ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βολτ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltio" title="Voltio – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Voltio" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volto" title="Volto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Volto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA" title="ولت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ولت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt_(ienheid)" title="Volt (ienheid) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Volt (ienheid)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volta" title="Volta – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Volta" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8F" title="伏 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="伏" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B3%BC%ED%8A%B8_(%EB%8B%A8%EC%9C%84)" title="볼트 (단위) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="볼트 (단위)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%BF_(%D5%B9%D5%A1%D6%83%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8%D6%80)" title="Վոլտ (չափման միավոր) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վոլտ (չափման միավոր)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F" title="वोल्ट – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="वोल्ट" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/IsiVuve" title="IsiVuve – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="IsiVuve" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%98" title="וולט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="וולט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82" title="Вольт – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Вольт" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ვოლტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვოლტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82" title="Вольт – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Вольт" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volti" title="Volti – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Volti" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B2lt" title="Vòlt – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Vòlt" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82" title="Вольт – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Вольт" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volta_(unitas)" title="Volta (unitas) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Volta (unitas)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volts" title="Volts – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Volts" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltas" title="Voltas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Voltas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt_(einheid)" title="Volt (einheid) – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Volt (einheid)" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82" title="Волт – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Волт" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D" title="വോൾട്ട് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വോൾട്ട്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F" title="व्होल्ट – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="व्होल्ट" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA" title="فولت – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فولت" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82" title="Вольт – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Вольт" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%97%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B7" title="ဗို့ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဗို့" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt_(eenheid)" title="Volt (eenheid) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Volt (eenheid)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="भोल्त – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="भोल्त" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88_(%E5%8D%98%E4%BD%8D)" title="ボルト (単位) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ボルト (単位)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B2lt" title="Vòlt – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Vòlt" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84%D9%B9" title="وولٹ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="وولٹ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuolt" title="Vuolt – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Vuolt" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B2lt" title="Vòlt – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Vòlt" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolt" title="Wolt – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wolt" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82" title="Вольт – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Вольт" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volti" title="Volti – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Volti" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%DB%86%DA%B5%D8%AA" title="ڤۆڵت – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ڤۆڵت" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82" title="Волт – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Волт" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltti" title="Voltti – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Voltti" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt" title="Bolt – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Bolt" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81" title="வோல்ட்டு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="வோல்ட்டு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Tarandíne" data-language-local-name="Tarantino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82" title="Вольт – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Вольт" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D" title="వోల్ట్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="వోల్ట్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C" title="โวลต์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="โวลต์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82" title="Волт – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Волт" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tyv mw-list-item"><a href="https://tyv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82" title="Вольт – Tuvinian" lang="tyv" hreflang="tyv" data-title="Вольт" data-language-autonym="Тыва дыл" data-language-local-name="Tuvinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тыва дыл</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82" title="Вольт – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Вольт" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84%D9%B9" title="وولٹ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="وولٹ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt" title="Volt – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Volt" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B4n" title="Vôn – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Vôn" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8F%E7%89%B9" title="伏特 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="伏特" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}</style> <p>The <b>volt</b> (symbol: <b>V</b>) is the unit of <a href="/wiki/Electric_potential" title="Electric potential">electric potential</a>, <a href="/wiki/Voltage#Galvani_potential_vs._electrochemical_potential" title="Voltage">electric potential difference</a> (<a href="/wiki/Voltage" title="Voltage">voltage</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Electromotive_force" title="Electromotive force">electromotive force</a> in the <a href="/wiki/International_System_of_Units" title="International System of Units">International System of Units (SI)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definition">Definition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One volt is defined as the <a href="/wiki/Electric_potential" title="Electric potential">electric potential</a> between two points of a <a href="/wiki/Electrical_conductor" title="Electrical conductor">conducting wire</a> when an <a href="/wiki/Electric_current" title="Electric current">electric current</a> of one <a href="/wiki/Ampere" title="Ampere">ampere</a> dissipates one <a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">watt</a> of <a href="/wiki/Power_(physics)" title="Power (physics)">power</a> between those points.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It can be expressed in terms of SI base units (<a href="/wiki/Metre" title="Metre">m</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kilogram" title="Kilogram">kg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Second" title="Second">s</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ampere" title="Ampere">A</a>) as </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\text{V}}={\frac {\text{power}}{\text{electric current}}}={\frac {\text{W}}{\text{A}}}={\frac {{\text{kg}}{\cdot }{\text{m}}^{2}{\cdot }{\text{s}}^{-3}}{\text{A}}}={\text{kg}}{\cdot }{\text{m}}^{2}{\cdot }{\text{s}}^{-3}{\cdot }{{\text{A}}^{-1}}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>V</mtext> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mtext>power</mtext> <mtext>electric current</mtext> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mtext>W</mtext> <mtext>A</mtext> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>kg</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>⋅</mo> </mrow> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>m</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>⋅</mo> </mrow> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>s</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> <mn>3</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> <mtext>A</mtext> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>kg</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>⋅</mo> </mrow> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>m</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>⋅</mo> </mrow> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>s</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> <mn>3</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>⋅</mo> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>A</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\text{V}}={\frac {\text{power}}{\text{electric current}}}={\frac {\text{W}}{\text{A}}}={\frac {{\text{kg}}{\cdot }{\text{m}}^{2}{\cdot }{\text{s}}^{-3}}{\text{A}}}={\text{kg}}{\cdot }{\text{m}}^{2}{\cdot }{\text{s}}^{-3}{\cdot }{{\text{A}}^{-1}}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/68cc8bf55217545f7b78e131982394390da3c14b" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.005ex; width:59.447ex; height:5.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\text{V}}={\frac {\text{power}}{\text{electric current}}}={\frac {\text{W}}{\text{A}}}={\frac {{\text{kg}}{\cdot }{\text{m}}^{2}{\cdot }{\text{s}}^{-3}}{\text{A}}}={\text{kg}}{\cdot }{\text{m}}^{2}{\cdot }{\text{s}}^{-3}{\cdot }{{\text{A}}^{-1}}.}"></span></dd></dl> <p>Equivalently, it is the potential difference between two points that will impart one <a href="/wiki/Joule" title="Joule">joule</a> of <a href="/wiki/Energy" title="Energy">energy</a> per <a href="/wiki/Coulomb" title="Coulomb">coulomb</a> of charge that passes through it. It can be expressed in terms of SI base units (<a href="/wiki/Metre" title="Metre">m</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kilogram" title="Kilogram">kg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Second" title="Second">s</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ampere" title="Ampere">A</a>) as </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\text{V}}={\frac {\text{potential energy}}{\text{charge}}}={\frac {\text{J}}{\text{C}}}={\frac {{\text{kg}}{\cdot }{\text{m}}^{2}{\cdot }{\text{s}}^{-2}}{{\text{A}}{\cdot }{\text{s}}}}={\text{kg}}{\cdot }{\text{m}}^{2}{\cdot }{\text{s}}^{-3}{\cdot }{{\text{A}}^{-1}}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>V</mtext> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mtext>potential energy</mtext> <mtext>charge</mtext> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mtext>J</mtext> <mtext>C</mtext> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>kg</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>⋅</mo> </mrow> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>m</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>⋅</mo> </mrow> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>s</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> <mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>A</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>⋅</mo> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>s</mtext> </mrow> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>kg</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>⋅</mo> </mrow> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>m</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>⋅</mo> </mrow> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>s</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> <mn>3</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>⋅</mo> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>A</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msup> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\text{V}}={\frac {\text{potential energy}}{\text{charge}}}={\frac {\text{J}}{\text{C}}}={\frac {{\text{kg}}{\cdot }{\text{m}}^{2}{\cdot }{\text{s}}^{-2}}{{\text{A}}{\cdot }{\text{s}}}}={\text{kg}}{\cdot }{\text{m}}^{2}{\cdot }{\text{s}}^{-3}{\cdot }{{\text{A}}^{-1}}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c489d2e931c8b7ce4ba8ed16203034d45eb3ceca" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.338ex; width:59.823ex; height:6.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\text{V}}={\frac {\text{potential energy}}{\text{charge}}}={\frac {\text{J}}{\text{C}}}={\frac {{\text{kg}}{\cdot }{\text{m}}^{2}{\cdot }{\text{s}}^{-2}}{{\text{A}}{\cdot }{\text{s}}}}={\text{kg}}{\cdot }{\text{m}}^{2}{\cdot }{\text{s}}^{-3}{\cdot }{{\text{A}}^{-1}}.}"></span></dd></dl> <p>It can also be expressed as amperes times <a href="/wiki/Ohm" title="Ohm">ohms</a> (current times resistance, <a href="/wiki/Ohm%27s_law" title="Ohm's law">Ohm's law</a>), <a href="/wiki/Weber_(unit)" title="Weber (unit)">webers</a> per second (magnetic flux per time), watts per ampere (power per current), or joules per coulomb (energy per charge), which is also equivalent to <a href="/wiki/Electronvolt" title="Electronvolt">electronvolts</a> per <a href="/wiki/Elementary_charge" title="Elementary charge">elementary charge</a>: </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\text{V}}={\text{A}}{\cdot }\Omega ={\frac {\text{Wb}}{\text{s}}}={\frac {\text{W}}{\text{A}}}={\frac {\text{J}}{\text{C}}}={\frac {\text{eV}}{e}}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>V</mtext> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>A</mtext> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>⋅</mo> </mrow> <mi mathvariant="normal">Ω</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mtext>Wb</mtext> <mtext>s</mtext> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mtext>W</mtext> <mtext>A</mtext> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mtext>J</mtext> <mtext>C</mtext> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mtext>eV</mtext> <mi>e</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\text{V}}={\text{A}}{\cdot }\Omega ={\frac {\text{Wb}}{\text{s}}}={\frac {\text{W}}{\text{A}}}={\frac {\text{J}}{\text{C}}}={\frac {\text{eV}}{e}}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f5adcc84ad807dd0a65afab691ceaab3a838d899" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.005ex; width:35.818ex; height:5.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\text{V}}={\text{A}}{\cdot }\Omega ={\frac {\text{Wb}}{\text{s}}}={\frac {\text{W}}{\text{A}}}={\frac {\text{J}}{\text{C}}}={\frac {\text{eV}}{e}}.}"></span></dd></dl> <p>The volt is named after <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Volta" title="Alessandro Volta">Alessandro Volta</a>. As with every <a href="/wiki/International_System_of_Units" title="International System of Units">SI</a> unit named for a person, its symbol starts with an <a href="/wiki/Upper_case" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper case">upper case</a> letter (V), but when written in full, it follows the rules for capitalisation of a <a href="/wiki/Common_noun" class="mw-redirect" title="Common noun">common noun</a>; i.e., <i>volt</i> becomes capitalised at the beginning of a sentence and in titles but is otherwise in lower case. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Josephson_junction_definition">Josephson junction definition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Josephson junction definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Josephson_voltage_standard" title="Josephson voltage standard">Josephson voltage standard</a></div> <p>Historically the "<a href="/wiki/Conventional_electrical_unit" title="Conventional electrical unit">conventional</a>" volt, <i>V</i><sub>90</sub>, defined in 1987 by the 18th <a href="/wiki/General_Conference_on_Weights_and_Measures" title="General Conference on Weights and Measures">General Conference on Weights and Measures</a><sup id="cite_ref-cgpm-18_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cgpm-18-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in use from 1990 to 2019, was implemented using the <a href="/wiki/Josephson_effect" title="Josephson effect">Josephson effect</a> for exact frequency-to-voltage conversion, combined with the <a href="/wiki/Caesium_standard" title="Caesium standard">caesium frequency standard</a>. Though the Josephson effect is still used to realize a volt, the constant used has changed slightly. </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/Magnetic_flux_quantum" title="Magnetic flux quantum">Josephson constant</a>, <i>K</i><sub>J</sub> = 2<i>e</i>/<i>h</i> (where <i>e</i> is the <a href="/wiki/Elementary_charge" title="Elementary charge">elementary charge</a> and <i>h</i> is the <a href="/wiki/Planck_constant" title="Planck constant">Planck constant</a>), a "conventional" value <i>K</i><sub>J-90</sub> = 0.4835979 GHz/μV was used for the purpose of defining the volt. As a consequence of the <a href="/wiki/2019_revision_of_the_SI" title="2019 revision of the SI">2019 revision of the SI</a>, as of 2019 the Josephson constant has an exact value of <span class="texhtml"><i>K</i><sub>J</sub></span> = <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7005483597848416980♠"></span>483<span style="margin-left:.25em;">597</span>.848<span style="margin-left:.25em;">416</span><span style="margin-left:.25em;">98</span>... GHz/V</span>, which replaced the conventional value <i>K</i><sub>J-90</sub>. </p><p>This standard is typically realized using a series-connected array of several thousand or tens of thousands of <a href="/wiki/Electrical_junction" title="Electrical junction">junctions</a>, excited by microwave signals between 10 and 80 GHz (depending on the array design).<sup id="cite_ref-ieee-josephson_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ieee-josephson-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Empirically, several experiments have shown that the method is independent of device design, material, measurement setup, etc., and no correction terms are required in a practical implementation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Water-flow_analogy">Water-flow analogy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Water-flow analogy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Hydraulic_analogy" title="Hydraulic analogy">water-flow analogy</a></i>, sometimes used to explain electric circuits by comparing them with water-filled pipes, <a href="/wiki/Voltage" title="Voltage">voltage</a> (difference in electric potential) is likened to difference in water <a href="/wiki/Pressure" title="Pressure">pressure</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Electric_current" title="Electric current">current</a> is proportional to the amount of water flowing. A <a href="/wiki/Resistor" title="Resistor">resistor</a> would be a reduced diameter somewhere in the piping or something akin to a radiator offering resistance to flow. </p><p>The relationship between voltage and current is defined (in ohmic devices like <a href="/wiki/Resistor" title="Resistor">resistors</a>) by <a href="/wiki/Ohm%27s_law" title="Ohm's law">Ohm's law</a>. Ohm's Law is analogous to the <a href="/wiki/Hagen%E2%80%93Poiseuille_equation" title="Hagen–Poiseuille equation">Hagen–Poiseuille equation</a>, as both are linear models relating <a href="/wiki/Flux" title="Flux">flux</a> and <a href="/wiki/Potential" title="Potential">potential</a> in their respective systems. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Common_voltages">Common voltages <span class="anchor" id="Common_values"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Common voltages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Electronic_multi_meter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Electronic_multi_meter.jpg/220px-Electronic_multi_meter.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Electronic_multi_meter.jpg/330px-Electronic_multi_meter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Electronic_multi_meter.jpg/440px-Electronic_multi_meter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a><figcaption> A <a href="/wiki/Multimeter" title="Multimeter">multimeter</a> can be used to measure the voltage between two positions.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BateriaR14.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/BateriaR14.jpg/170px-BateriaR14.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/BateriaR14.jpg/255px-BateriaR14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/BateriaR14.jpg/340px-BateriaR14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="604" /></a><figcaption>1.5 V C-cell batteries</figcaption></figure> <p>The voltage produced by each <a href="/wiki/Electrochemical_cell" title="Electrochemical cell">electrochemical cell</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Electric_battery" title="Electric battery">battery</a> is determined by the chemistry of that cell (see <a href="/wiki/Galvanic_cell#Cell_voltage" title="Galvanic cell">Galvanic cell § Cell voltage</a>). Cells can be combined in series for multiples of that voltage, or additional circuitry added to adjust the voltage to a different level. Mechanical generators can usually be constructed to any voltage in a range of feasibility. </p><p>Nominal voltages of familiar sources: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neuron" title="Neuron">Nerve cell</a> <a href="/wiki/Resting_potential" title="Resting potential">resting potential</a>: ~75 mV<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Single-cell, rechargeable <a href="/wiki/Nickel%E2%80%93metal_hydride_battery" title="Nickel–metal hydride battery">NiMH</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Nickel%E2%80%93cadmium_battery" title="Nickel–cadmium battery">NiCd</a> battery: 1.2 V</li> <li>Single-cell, non-rechargeable (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Electric_battery" title="Electric battery">AAA, AA, C and D cells</a>): <a href="/wiki/Alkaline_battery" title="Alkaline battery">alkaline battery</a>: 1.5 V;<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Zinc%E2%80%93carbon_battery" title="Zinc–carbon battery">zinc–carbon battery</a>: 1.56 V if fresh and unused</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logic_level#Logic_voltage_levels" title="Logic level">Logic voltage levels</a>: 1.2 V, 1.5 V, 1.8 V, 2.5 V, 3.3 V, 5.0 V</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithium_iron_phosphate_battery" title="Lithium iron phosphate battery">LiFePO<sub>4</sub></a> rechargeable battery: 3.3 V</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobalt" title="Cobalt">Cobalt</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Lithium_polymer_battery" title="Lithium polymer battery">lithium polymer</a> rechargeable battery: 3.75 V (see <a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_commercial_battery_types" title="Comparison of commercial battery types">Comparison of commercial battery types</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transistor%E2%80%93transistor_logic" title="Transistor–transistor logic">Transistor–transistor logic</a>/<a href="/wiki/CMOS" title="CMOS">CMOS</a> (TTL) power supply: 5 V</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USB" title="USB">USB</a>: 5 V DC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine-volt_battery" title="Nine-volt battery">PP3 battery</a>: 9 V</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automotive_battery" title="Automotive battery">Automobile battery</a> systems are 2.1 volts per cell; a "12 V" battery is 6 cells, or 12.6 V; a "24 V" battery is 12 cells, or 25.2 V. Some antique vehicles use "6 V" 3-cell batteries, or 6.3 volts.</li> <li>Household <a href="/wiki/Mains_electricity" title="Mains electricity">mains electricity</a> AC: (see <a href="/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country" title="Mains electricity by country">List of countries with mains power plugs, voltages and frequencies</a>) <ul><li>100 V in Japan</li> <li>120 V in North America</li> <li>230 V in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_transit" title="Rapid transit">Rapid transit</a> <a href="/wiki/Third_rail" title="Third rail">third rail</a>: 600–750 V (see <a href="/wiki/List_of_railway_electrification_systems" title="List of railway electrification systems">List of railway electrification systems</a>)</li> <li>High-speed train overhead power lines: <a href="/wiki/25_kV_AC_railway_electrification" title="25 kV AC railway electrification">25 kV at 50 Hz</a>, but see the <a href="/wiki/List_of_railway_electrification_systems" title="List of railway electrification systems">List of railway electrification systems</a> and <a href="/wiki/25_kV_AC_railway_electrification#25_kV_AC_at_60_Hz" title="25 kV AC railway electrification">25 kV at 60 Hz</a> for exceptions.</li> <li>High-voltage <a href="/wiki/Electric_power_transmission" title="Electric power transmission">electric power transmission</a> lines: 110 kV and up (1.15 MV is the record; the highest active voltage is 1.10 MV<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lightning" title="Lightning">Lightning</a>: a maximum of around 150 MV.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alessandro_Volta.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Alessandro_Volta.jpeg/170px-Alessandro_Volta.jpeg" decoding="async" width="170" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Alessandro_Volta.jpeg/255px-Alessandro_Volta.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Alessandro_Volta.jpeg/340px-Alessandro_Volta.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Alessandro Volta</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PSM_V85_D521_Group_photograph_of_herman_helmholtz_and_academic_friends.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/PSM_V85_D521_Group_photograph_of_herman_helmholtz_and_academic_friends.png/220px-PSM_V85_D521_Group_photograph_of_herman_helmholtz_and_academic_friends.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/PSM_V85_D521_Group_photograph_of_herman_helmholtz_and_academic_friends.png/330px-PSM_V85_D521_Group_photograph_of_herman_helmholtz_and_academic_friends.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/PSM_V85_D521_Group_photograph_of_herman_helmholtz_and_academic_friends.png/440px-PSM_V85_D521_Group_photograph_of_herman_helmholtz_and_academic_friends.png 2x" data-file-width="2719" data-file-height="1580" /></a><figcaption>Group photograph of <a href="/wiki/Hermann_von_Helmholtz" title="Hermann von Helmholtz">Hermann Helmholtz</a>, his wife (seated) and academic friends <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Kronecker" title="Hugo Kronecker">Hugo Kronecker</a> (left), <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Corwin_Mendenhall" title="Thomas Corwin Mendenhall">Thomas Corwin Mendenhall</a> (right), <a href="/wiki/Henry_Villard" title="Henry Villard">Henry Villard</a> (center) during the International Electrical Congress</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1800, as the result of a professional disagreement over the galvanic response advocated by <a href="/wiki/Luigi_Galvani" title="Luigi Galvani">Luigi Galvani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Volta" title="Alessandro Volta">Alessandro Volta</a> developed the so-called <a href="/wiki/Voltaic_pile" title="Voltaic pile">voltaic pile</a>, a forerunner of the <a href="/wiki/Electric_battery" title="Electric battery">battery</a>, which produced a steady electric <a href="/wiki/Electric_current" title="Electric current">current</a>. Volta had determined that the most effective pair of dissimilar metals to produce electricity was <a href="/wiki/Zinc" title="Zinc">zinc</a> and <a href="/wiki/Silver" title="Silver">silver</a>. In 1861, <a href="/wiki/Josiah_Latimer_Clark" title="Josiah Latimer Clark">Latimer Clark</a> and Sir <a href="/wiki/Charles_Tilston_Bright" title="Charles Tilston Bright">Charles Bright</a> coined the name "volt" for the unit of resistance.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1873, the British Association for the Advancement of Science had defined the volt, ohm, and farad.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1881, the International Electrical Congress, now the <a href="/wiki/International_Electrotechnical_Commission" title="International Electrotechnical Commission">International Electrotechnical Commission</a> (IEC), approved the volt as the unit for electromotive force.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They made the volt equal to 10<sup>8</sup> <a href="/wiki/Centimetre%E2%80%93gram%E2%80%93second_system_of_units" title="Centimetre–gram–second system of units">cgs units</a> of voltage, the cgs system at the time being the customary system of units in science. They chose such a ratio because the cgs unit of voltage is inconveniently small and one volt in this definition is approximately the emf of a <a href="/wiki/Daniell_cell" title="Daniell cell">Daniell cell</a>, the standard source of voltage in the telegraph systems of the day.<sup id="cite_ref-Hamer_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hamer-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time, the volt was defined as the potential difference [i.e., what is nowadays called the "voltage (difference)"] across a conductor when a current of one <a href="/wiki/Ampere" title="Ampere">ampere</a> dissipates one <a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">watt</a> of power. </p><p>The "international volt" was defined in 1893 as <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">1.434</span></span> of the <a href="/wiki/Electromotive_force" title="Electromotive force">emf</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Clark_cell" title="Clark cell">Clark cell</a>. This definition was abandoned in 1908 in favor of a definition based on the international <a href="/wiki/Ohm" title="Ohm">ohm</a> and international ampere until the entire set of "reproducible units" was abandoned in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-BLR47.12_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BLR47.12-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/2019_revision_of_the_SI" title="2019 revision of the SI">2019 revision of the SI</a>, including defining the value of the <a href="/wiki/Elementary_charge" title="Elementary charge">elementary charge</a>, took effect on 20 May 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-draft-resolution-A_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-draft-resolution-A-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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