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A group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana
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voltaic
Word definitions for voltaic in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1813, designating electricity produced by chemical action, formed in recognition of Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), who perfected a chemical process used in electrical batteries, + -ic .
Wikipedia
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Voltaïc refers to five separate releases of related material from musician Björk 's seventh studio album Volta . The full version of the release includes a CD of eleven songs performed live at the Olympic Studios , a DVD of Björk's live performances in ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 of or relating to electricity 2 producing electricity by chemical action
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action; "a galvanic cell"; "a voltaic (or galvanic) couple" [syn: galvanic ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Voltaic \Vol*ta"ic\, a. [Cf. F. volta["i]que, It. voltaico.] Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science; discovered by Volta; as, ...
Usage examples of voltaic.
Mazarin bounded in his bed as if he had been put in relation with a Leyden jar or a voltaic pile, at the same time that a surprise, or rather a manifest disappointment, inflamed his features with such a blaze of anger, that Louis XIV.
He patted her hand, his thoughts already drifting back to his experiments as his gaze shifted back to the Voltaic pile.
Does not the voltaic pile continue to sleep while current is drawn off?
On either side innumerable huge Leyden jars stood ranged in rows, tier topping tier, while above them were columns of Voltaic cells.
In 1799, Alessandro Volta created the first electrical battery, known as the Voltaic cell.
It consists of a coil of copper wire, insulated by being covered with silk, surrounded by another coil of fine wire, also insulated, in which a momentary current is induced when a current is passed through the inner coil from a voltaic battery.
Ferrin looked as if the weight of the entire voltaic pile was still settled on his shoulders, Cybelline sought to distract him.
He acknowledged that Cybelline might not have understood the danger, but Lily had been present when he had demonstrated the voltaic pile to the boys and told them the tale of Benjamin Franklin, the kite, the key, and the lightning storm.
He patted her hand, his thoughts already drifting back to his experiments as his gaze shifted back to the Voltaic pile.