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

pile \pile\, n. f. pile, l. pila a pillar, a pier or mole of
   stone. cf. pillar.
   1. a mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of
      stones; a pile of wood.
      1913 webster

   2. a mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot.
      1913 webster

   3. a funeral pile; a pyre. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. a large building, or mass of buildings.
      1913 webster

            the pile o'erlooked the town and drew the fight.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   5. iron manuf. same as fagot, n., 2.
      1913 webster

   6. elec. a vertical series of alternate disks of two
      dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks
      of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them,
      for producing a current of electricity; -- commonly called
      volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.
      1913 webster

   note: the term is sometimes applied to other forms of
         apparatus designed to produce a current of electricity,
         or as synonymous with battery; as, for instance, to an
         apparatus for generating a current of electricity by
         the action of heat, usually called a thermopile.
         1913 webster

   7. f. pile pile, an engraved die, l. pila a pillar. the
      reverse of a coin. see reverse.
      1913 webster

   cross and pile. see under cross.

   dry pile. see under dry.
      1913 webster
see also:
pillar fagot volta's pile voltaic pile galvanic pile reverse 
cross and pile cross dry pile dry 

[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 pile
     n : battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the
         earliest electric battery devised by volta syn: pile,
         galvanic pile
see also:
pile galvanic pile 

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