voltaic pile
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Noun (1)
- battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by VoltaSynonyms: pilegalvanic pileType of battery, electric battery
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Voltaic pile
a kind of voltaic battery consisting of alternate disks of dissimilar metals, separated by moistened cloth or paper. See 5th Pile.
From the entry Voltaic.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54