VOLTAIC

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

Etymology

Adjective

voltaic (comparative more voltaic, superlative most voltaic)

of or relating to electricity.

producing electricity by chemical action.

Synonyms

• (electricity): electric, galvanic

Anagrams

• Lovatic

Etymology 1

Adjective

Voltaic (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta or his work.

Etymology 2

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

(Upper Volta)

• Upper Voltaic

• Upper Voltan

• Voltan

Noun

Voltaic (plural Voltaics)

A person from Upper Volta.

Synonyms

• Upper Voltaic

• Upper Voltan

• Voltan

Anagrams

• 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