Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of electric potential equal to one millionth (10−6) of a volt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A millionth part of a volt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Elec.) A measure of electro-motive force; the millionth part of one volt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One millionth (10-6) of a
volt , abbreviated asµV .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a unit of potential equal to one millionth of a volt
Etymologies
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Examples
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We can send intentional thoughts, "energies", at the microvolt level, and it can be recorded.
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We can send intentional thoughts, "energies", at the microvolt level, and it can be recorded.
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A signal-averaged electrocardiogram detects cardiac microvolt signals.
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We can send intentional thoughts, "energies", at the microvolt level, and it can be recorded.
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High resolution acquisition equipment is used to collect the microvolt signals and transfer the data to an analytical system.
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We can send intentional thoughts, "energies", at the microvolt level, and it can be recorded.
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We can send intentional thoughts, "energies", at the microvolt level, and it can be recorded.
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We can send intentional thoughts, "energies", at the microvolt level, and it can be recorded.
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We can send intentional thoughts, "energies", at the microvolt level, and it can be recorded.
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Signal averaging, which improves the signal to noise ratio, is a well-recognized technique for detecting and analyzing such cardiac microvolt signals.
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