voltaic, galvanic
(adjective) pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action; “a galvanic cell”; “a voltaic (or galvanic) couple”
Gur, Voltaic
(noun) a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana
Source: WordNet® 3.1
voltaic (comparative more voltaic, superlative most voltaic)
of or relating to electricity.
producing electricity by chemical action.
• (electricity): electric, galvanic
• Lovatic
Voltaic (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta or his work.
Voltaic (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to Burkina Faso, previously known as Upper Volta.
Of or pertaining to Gur languages of Africa, from Niger-Congo family.
(Upper Volta)
• Upper Voltaic
• Upper Voltan
• Voltan
Voltaic (plural Voltaics)
A person from Upper Volta.
• Upper Voltaic
• Upper Voltan
• Voltan
• Lovatic
Source: Wiktionary
Vol*ta"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. voltaïque, It. voltaico.]
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.
2. Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc.
Note: See the Note under Galvanism. 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 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
