Definitions For Overvoltage

Verb

{{en-verb}} To raise the voltage of a circuit beyond that for which it was designed.

Noun

OVERVOLTAGE. (countable and uncountable, plural OVERVOLTAGEs) (physics) The difference between the electric potential of an electrode or cell under the passage of a current and the thermodynamic value of the electrode or cell potential in the absence of electrolysis; overpotential. The hazardous condition that occurs when the voltage in a circuit is raised above that for which it was designed.

Translations

Finnish: ylipotentiaali French: surtension, f Hungarian: túlfeszültség Italian: sovratensione, f Finnish: ylijännite French: survoltage, m Hungarian: túlfeszültség Italian: sovratensione, f