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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
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