voltaic battery
NounSynonyms:
galvanic battery
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Noun (1)
- battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallelSynonyms: galvanic batteryType of battery, electric batteryKinds storage battery, dry batteryParts voltaic cell, galvanic cell
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
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.
From the entry Voltaic.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54