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voltaic Definition

vol·taic (väl tā′ik)

adjective

  1. designating or of electricity produced by chemical action; galvanic
  2. used in so producing electricity

Etymology: after Conte Alessandro Volta + -ic

Voltaic Definition

Vol·taic (väl tā′ik)

noun

a branch of the Niger-Congo language subfamily, including languages spoken in Burkina Faso and parts of Mali, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Togo

voltaic Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • cell: The building will generate some of its own electricity from photo voltaic cells on the roof.
  • panel: Eighty square meters of the station's roof are now covered with around 80 photo voltaic panels, which convert daylight into electricity.
  • battery: Any schoolboy today knows that you can make a voltaic battery quite capable of lighting any filament lamp by simply connecting copper to zinc.
  • pile: By the summer of 1800 the news of the voltaic pile was spreading across Europe.