ev

1. 1.

   a unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt

   Synonymselectron volt

   Broaderwork unit

Other forms of ev

plural

evs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ev

What does ev mean?

ev means "a unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt".

How many syllables are in ev?

ev has 1 syllable: ev. In IPA it is /ˈɛv/.

What is another word for ev?

Close synonyms include electron volt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ev a common word?

ev is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ev?

1 word rhymes with ev. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.