Nanovolt

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-007125",
  "term": "Nanovolt",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A unit of electric potential equal to one billionth (10^-9) of a volt. Signals of this size arise in thermoelectric effects, in low-temperature sensors and as the voltage noise of precision amplifiers, and measuring them requires nanovoltmeters or low-noise amplifiers with careful shielding. Brain activity recorded by electroencephalography is much larger, at tens of microvolts.",
  "synonyms": [
    "nV"
  ],
  "subject": "Metrology and inspection",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Nanovolt",
    "es": "nanovoltio",
    "fr": "nanovolt"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/nanovolt/"
}