millivolt
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌvoʊlt/
- Specialized
- The temperature sensor outputs a signal of just a few millivolts when the environment is stable.
- hundred millivolts
- tens of millivolts
- millivolt and voltage
Examples
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Most of the variability in threshold voltage is from chip to chip, which is typically hundreds of millivolts compared to tens of millivolts within a chip.
Academic text (1996) -
WB-ASC16-TC accepts thermocouple, millivolt, and voltage signals directly.
Academic text (1994) -
And in this case, this X axis in millivolts is the potential inside the hair cell.
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Typically, CM signals can be at millivolt levels, while direct digital data must be at several volts to be read reliably.
Academic text (1996) -
As with thermocouples, a chart of millivolt output or equivalent temperature is provided for the full temperature range for easy interfacing with external equipment.
Academic text (1995) -
A chart of millivolt output or equivalent temperatures is provided with the probes for the full temperature range for interfacing with external equipment.
Academic text (1994) -
Also recorded were cell voltages (all well within 50 millivolts).
Blog text (21) -
TMR is measured at low bias voltages, around 10 millivolts.
Academic text (2004) -
The major benefit of feeding fuel cells pure oxygen is that each cell achieves a 50-millivolt gain in potential as opposed to cells operating on air.
Academic text (2010) -
Engineers designed the unit so that it consumes 2 millivolts when quiescent and 250 milliamps during peak measurement.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
One thousandth of a volt used to measure small electrical voltages
How High
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Millivolt joins milli- meaning 'one thousandth', as in millimeter, and volt, the unit named after the scientist Volta. So a millivolt is 'one thousandth' of a volt, used for very small electric signals.