multi-voltage

English

Etymology

From multi- +‎ voltage.

Adjective

multi-voltage (not comparable)

  1. Able to operate on different voltages.
    • 1957 December, “European Electrification Progress”, in Railway Magazine, page 820:
      With multi-voltage techniques in their present state of development, the greatest disadvantage resulting from these differences is the impossibility of fast through multiple-unit expresses. Dual-voltage trains work between Amsterdam and Brussels, but many additional problems would arise if they were to run south of Luxembourg.

Alternative forms

  • multivoltage
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