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[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] : WordNet (r) 2.0
voltaic
     adj : pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical
           action; "a galvanic cell"; "a voltaic or galvanic
           couple" syn: galvanic
     n : a group of niger-congo languages spoken primarily in
         southeastern mali and northern ghana syn: gur
see also:
galvanic gur 

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Voltaic >> V Words
Voltaic, definition of term: Voltaic
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Voltaic Pile >> V Words
Voltaic Pile, definition of term: Voltaic Pile
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Voltaic Arc >> V Words
Voltaic Arc, definition of term: Voltaic Arc
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Voltaic Electri >> V Words
Voltaic Electri, definition of term: Voltaic Electri
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