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voltaic a. 電流的 電流的 voltaic adj 1: pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action; " a galvanic cell"; " a voltaic ( or galvanic) couple" [ synonym: { voltaic}, { galvanic}] n 1: a group of Niger- Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana [ synonym: { Gur}, { Voltaic}] Voltaic \ Vol* ta" ic\, a. [ Cf. F. volta[" i] que, It. voltaico.] [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc. [ 1913 Webster] Note: See the Note under { Galvanism}. [ 1913 Webster] { 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 { Voltaic 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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