[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

galvanic \galvan"ic\, a. from galvani, a professor of
   physiology at bologna, on account of his connection about
   1780 with the discovery of dynamical or current electricity:
   cf. f. galvanique.
   of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of,
   galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents.
   1913 webster

   galvanic battery elec., an apparatus for generating
      electrical currents by the mutual action of certain
      liquids and metals; -- now usually called voltaic
      battery. see battery.

   galvanic circuit or galvanic circle. elec. see under
      circuit.

   galvanic pile elec., the voltaic pile. see under
      voltaic.
      1913 webster
see also:
galvanic battery voltaic battery battery galvanic circuit galvanic circle circuit 
galvanic pile voltaic 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

voltaic \volta"ic\, a. cf. f. volta"ique, it. voltaico.
   1913 webster
   1. of or pertaining to alessandro volta, who first devised
      apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical
      action, and established this branch of electric science;
      discovered by volta; as, voltaic electricity.
      1913 webster

   2. of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as,
      voltaic induction; the voltaic arc.
      1913 webster

   note: see the note under galvanism.
         1913 webster

   voltaic arc, a luminous arc, of intense brilliancy, formed
      between carbon points as electrodes by the passage of a
      powerful voltaic current.

   voltaic battery, an apparatus variously constructed,
      consisting of a series of plates or pieces of dissimilar
      metals, as copper and zinc, arranged in pairs, and
      subjected to the action of a saline or acid solution, by
      which a current of electricity is generated whenever the
      two poles, or ends of the series, are connected by a
      conductor; a galvanic battery. see battery, 4.
      b, and note.

   voltaic circuit. see under circuit.

   voltaic couple or voltaic element, a single pair of the
      connected plates of a battery.

   voltaic electricity. see the note under electricity.

   voltaic pile, a kind of voltaic battery consisting of
      alternate disks of dissimilar metals, separated by
      moistened cloth or paper. see 5th pile.

   voltaic protection of metals, the protection of a metal
      exposed to the corrosive action of sea water, saline or
      acid liquids, or the like, by associating it with a metal
      which is positive to it, as when iron is galvanized, or
      coated with zinc.
      1913 webster
see also:
galvanism voltaic arc voltaic battery battery voltaic circuit circuit 
voltaic couple voltaic element voltaic electricity electricity voltaic pile 
pile voltaic protection of metals 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

voltaic battery
     n : battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in
         series or parallel syn: galvanic battery
see also:
galvanic battery 

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