voltaic : Idioms & Phrases

• a luminous arc, of intense brilliancy, formed between carbon points as electrodes by the passage of a powerful voltaic current.

Webster 1913

• noun battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel
  galvanic battery.
  

WordNet

• 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.

Webster 1913

• noun an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged
  primary cell; galvanic cell.
  

WordNet

• . See under Circuit.

Webster 1913

• a single pair of the connected plates of a battery.

Webster 1913

• . See the Note under Electricity.

Webster 1913

• noun battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
  pile; galvanic pile.
  

WordNet

• a kind of voltaic battery consisting of alternate disks of dissimilar metals, separated by moistened cloth or paper. See 5th Pile.

Webster 1913

• the protection of a metal exposed to the corrosive action of sea water, saline or acid liquids, or the like, by associating it with a metal which is positive to it, as when iron is galvanized, or coated with zinc.

Webster 1913