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voltaic definition

vol·taic (väl tāik)

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 tāik)

noun

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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