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'''Voltage''' is the name for the difference in electric potential between two places in a circuit, which leads to a flow of [[electron]]s in the circuit between those places. A higher voltage means that more energy can be extracted from the flowing electrons as they go; alternatively, for a given [[resistor|resistance]], increasing the voltage will increase the [[current]] through that resistance.
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'''Voltage''' is the name for the difference in electric potential between two places in a [[circuit]], which leads to a flow of [[electron]]s in the circuit between those places. A higher voltage means that more energy can be extracted from the flowing [[electron]]s as they go; alternatively, for a given [[resistor|resistance]], increasing the voltage will increase the [[current]] through that resistance.
  
 
To use an analogy to water flowing in a pipe, voltage is like the pressure of the water, with higher water pressure corresponding to higher voltage.
 
To use an analogy to water flowing in a pipe, voltage is like the pressure of the water, with higher water pressure corresponding to higher voltage.
  
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Revision as of 21:47, 21 October 2018

Voltage is the name for the difference in electric potential between two places in a circuit, which leads to a flow of electrons in the circuit between those places. A higher voltage means that more energy can be extracted from the flowing electrons as they go; alternatively, for a given resistance, increasing the voltage will increase the current through that resistance.

To use an analogy to water flowing in a pipe, voltage is like the pressure of the water, with higher water pressure corresponding to higher voltage.