[1] : 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 

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

couple \cou"ple\ ku^p"'l, n. f. couple, fr. l. copula a
   bond, band; co- + apere, aptum, to join. see art, a., and
   cf. copula.
   1. that which joins or links two things together; a bond or
      tie; a coupler. obs.
      1913 webster

            it is in some sort with friends as it is with dogs
            in couples; they should be of the same size and
            humor.                                --l'estrange.
      1913 webster

            i'll go in couples with her.          --shak.
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   2. two of the same kind connected or considered together; a
      pair; a brace. "a couple of shepherds." --sir p. sidney.
      "a couple of drops" --addison. "a couple of miles."
      --dickens. "a couple of weeks." --carlyle.
      1913 webster

            adding one to one we have the complex idea of a
            couple.                               --locke.
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            ziba met him with a couple of asses saddled. --2
                                                  sam. xvi. 1.
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   3. a male and female associated together; esp., a man and
      woman who are married or betrothed.
      1913 webster

            such were our couple, man and wife.   --lloyd.
      1913 webster

            fair couple linked in happy, nuptial league.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. arch. see couple-close.
      1913 webster

   5. elec. one of the pairs of plates of two metals which
      compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or
      galvanic couple.
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   6. mech. two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in
      amount but opposite in direction, and acting along
      parallel lines or around parallel axes.
      1913 webster

   note: the effect of a couple of forces is to produce a
         rotation. a couple of rotations is equivalent to a
         motion of translation.
         1913 webster
see also:
art copula couple-close voltaic couple galvanic couple 

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