Definition of Volteic
Vol*ta"ic (?), a. [Cf. F.
voltaïque, It. voltaico.]
1. 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, voltaic electricity.
2. Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic
electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic
arc.
&fist; See the Note under Galvanism.
Voltaic arc, a luminous arc, of intense
brilliancy, formed between carbon points as electrodes by the passage of a
powerful voltaic current. -- Voltaic battery, 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. -- Voltaic circuit.
See under Circuit. -- Voltaic couple or
element, a single pair of the connected plates of a
battery. -- Voltaic electricity. See the Note
under Electricity. -- Voltaic pile, a
kind of voltaic battery consisting of alternate disks of dissimilar metals,
separated by moistened cloth or paper. See 5th Pile. --
Voltaic protection of metals, 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.
Vol*ta"ic (?), a. [Cf. F.
voltaïque, It. voltaico.]
1. 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, voltaic electricity.
2. Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic
electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic
arc.
&fist; See the Note under Galvanism.
Voltaic arc, a luminous arc, of intense
brilliancy, formed between carbon points as electrodes by the passage of a
powerful voltaic current. -- Voltaic battery, 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. -- Voltaic circuit.
See under Circuit. -- Voltaic couple or
element, a single pair of the connected plates of a
battery. -- Voltaic electricity. See the Note
under Electricity. -- Voltaic pile, a
kind of voltaic battery consisting of alternate disks of dissimilar metals,
separated by moistened cloth or paper. See 5th Pile. --
Voltaic protection of metals, 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- of, or related to electricity; galvanic
- producing electricity by chemical action
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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