voltaic

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1. voltaic - Noun

2. voltaic - Adjective

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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.

Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc.

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a galvanic cell Source: Internet

a voltaic (or galvanic) couple Source: Internet

A voltaic pile on display in the Tempio Voltiano (the Volta Temple) near Volta's home in Como The voltaic pile was the first electrical battery that could continuously provide an electric current to a circuit. Source: Internet

Dry pile A number of high-voltage dry piles were invented between the early 19th century and the 1830s in an attempt to determine the source of electricity of the wet voltaic pile, and specifically to support Volta’s hypothesis of contact tension. Source: Internet

However, two different alloys electrically connected in a humid environment may act as a voltaic pile and corrode faster. Source: Internet

Employing a battery of 2,000 elements of a voltaic pile and charcoal enclosed in a vacuum, Davy gave the first public demonstration of the electric arc lamp in 1809. Source: Internet

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