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Voltaic

adjective
1.
Pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action.  Synonym: galvanic.  "A voltaic (or galvanic) couple"



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"Voltaic" Quotes from Famous Books



... eye on the men—especially on that lazy fellow who has a tendency to sleep and shirk duty. If the rock in the fair-way is got ready before my return, blast it at once, without waiting for me. You will find one of Siebe and Gorman's voltaic batteries in my lodging, also a frictional electrical machine, which you can use if you prefer it. In the store there is a large supply of tin-cases for gunpowder and compressed gun-cotton charges. There also you will find one of Heinke and Davis's magneto-electric exploders. I leave ...
— Under the Waves - Diving in Deep Waters • R M Ballantyne

... sterling. It also led to the employment of thousands of operators to transmit the telegraphic messages, and to a great increase of our commerce in nearly all its branches by the more rapid means of communication. The discovery of Voltaic electricity further led to the invention of electro-plating, and to the employment of a large number of persons in that business. The numerous experimental researches on specific heat, latent heat, the tension of vapours, the properties of water, the mechanical effect ...
— Town Geology • Charles Kingsley



Words linked to "Voltaic" :   voltaic cell, voltaic battery, volt, Niger-Congo, electricity, galvanic, voltage



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