Lexic.us

Definition of Potential drop

1. Noun. The difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Potential Drop

Literary usage of Potential drop

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1920)
"potential drop in a Feeder Supplying One Concentrated Load.—Fig. 64 shows a feeder (consisting of a positive and a negative wire) supplying a motor load. ..."

2. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1920)
"potential drop in a Feeder Supplying One Concentrated Load.—Fig. 64 shows a feeder (consisting of a positive and a negative wire) supplying a motor load. ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1920)
"USE OF THE COMPENSATED MILLIVOLTMETER FOR MEASURING potential drop It is at times desirable to measure a small potential drop across a resistance through ..."

4. Electric Arc Phenomena by Ewald Ferdinand Wilhelm Rasch (1913)
"... arc or by reduction of the energy density at the luminous tip of the solid electrode. § 30. potential drop at the Anode. Energy Radiated by the Anode ..."

5. Principles of Electrical Engineering by Harold Pender (1911)
"... when the current is expressed in amperes and the potential drop in volts (the practical unit) this formula gives the power in watts 1 volt =10" ..."

6. The Architects' and Builders' Handbook: Data for Architects, Structural by Frank Eugene Kidder (1921)
"This loss in voltage is called DROP OF POTENTIAL. Drop of potential ... The (2) That the potential drop from the generator to the farthest lamp shall not be ..."

7. Direct-current Machinery: A Text-book on the Theory and Performance of by Harold Pender (1922)
"However, when these potential drops do not differ from one another by too great an amount, their average value may be taken as the potential drop which the ..."

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