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-age word-forming element in nouns of act, process, function, condition, from Old French and French -age, from Late Latin -aticum "belonging to, related to," originally neuter adjectival suffix, from PIE *-at- (source of Latin -atus, past participle suffix of verbs of the first conjugation) + *-(i)ko-, secondary suffix forming adjectives (see -ic).
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Definitions of voltage
voltage (n.)
the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts;
Synonyms: electromotive force / emf
voltage (n.)
the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts;
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