Voltaic
adjective
1.
Electricity. noting or pertaining to electricity or electric currents, especially when produced by chemical action, as in a cell; galvanic.
2.
(initial capital letter) of or relating to Alessandro Volta.
noun
1.
Gur.
adjective
1.
another word for galvanic (sense 1)
adjective
1.
of or relating to Burkina Faso, formerly known as Upper Volta
2.
denoting, belonging to, or relating to the Gur group of African languages
noun
3.
this group of languages See also Gur
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noun, Electricity. 1. battery (def 1a).
- Voltaic-cell
noun, Electricity. 1. cell1 (def 7a). voltaic cell noun 1. another name for primary cell voltaic cell (vŏl-tā’ĭk) See electric cell.
- Voltaic-couple
noun, Electricity. 1. a pair of substances, as two different metals, that when placed in a proper solution produces an electromotive force by chemical action. voltaic couple noun 1. (physics) a pair of dissimilar metals in an electrolyte with a potential difference between the metals resulting from chemical action
- Voltaic-electricity
noun 1. electric current; moving electric charges.
- Voltaic-pile
noun, Electricity. 1. an early battery cell, consisting of several metal disks, each made of one of two dissimilar metals, arranged in an alternating series, and separated by pads moistened with an electrolyte. voltaic pile noun 1. an early form of battery consisting of a pile of paired plates of dissimilar metals, such as zinc […]