Dictionary
elec'tric poten'tial
1. Also called
potential. Elect.(at any point in an electric field) the work done per unit charge in moving an infinitesimal point charge from a common reference point to the given point.
Symbol: V
2. Physiol.See
action potential. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.