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megavolt [′meg·ə‚vōlt] (electricity) A unit of potential difference or emf (electromotive force), equal to 1,000,000 volts. Abbreviated MV. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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2) Following low energy mass selection, atomic and molecular negative ions are injected into an accelerator tube with a megavolt potential. MegaVolt, a truck-mounted Tesla coil that channels visible lightning bolts through the body of a person wearing a special metal suit; it's the undertaking of a camp formed by a onetime doctoral student in physics at Berkeley. The ball-lightning article makes no mention of Nicola Tesla's creation of ball lightning while generating megavolt discharges from gigantic Tesla coil arrays. |
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