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microvolt

[ mahy-kruh-vohlt ]

noun

Electricity.
  1. a unit of electromotive force or potential difference equal to one millionth of a volt. : μV, μ v


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of microvolt1

First recorded in 1865–70; micro- + volt 1
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The low myoelectrical impulses that lie in the microvolt range are amplified and forwarded to the electronics of the prosthesis in the form of control signals.

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But these signals are on the order of microvolts, and most prosthetics have trouble distinguishing something so faint.

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They act as electromyographs, or instruments that detect minute electrical signals on the order of microvolts, produced by activated muscles.

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Sven is generating just a few microvolts of electric current and sending it into the tiny portion of my brain under his hovering wand.

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According to his research our devices send out so few microvolts that the amount of interference is infinitesimal and inconsequential.

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