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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel;
[syn: voltaic battery, galvanic battery]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Galvanic \Gal*van"ic\, a. [From Galvani, a professor of physiology at Bologna, on account of his connection (about 1780) with the discovery of dynamical or current electricity: cf. F. galvanique.] Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents. [1913 Webster] Galvanic battery (Elec.), an apparatus for generating electrical currents by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; -- now usually called voltaic battery. See Battery. Galvanic circuit or Galvanic circle. (Elec.) See under Circuit. Galvanic pile (Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under Voltaic. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

galvanic battery n 1: battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel [syn: voltaic battery, galvanic battery]