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OVERVOLTAGE
Etymology
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.
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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