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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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