Voltaic
[vɒl'teɪɪk] or [vɑl'teɪk]
Definition
(adj.) pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action; 'a galvanic cell'; 'a voltaic (or galvanic) couple' .
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Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc.
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Examples
- Scientists and inventors now had two forms of electrical machines to produce light: the voltaic battery and the magneto-electric apparatus. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The two pointed pieces of hard conducting carbon used for the separated terminals constitute the voltaic arc light--a light only excelled in intense brilliancy by the sun itself. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- To effect that object, it is necessary to employ a voltaic battery separated from the vessel in which the decomposition takes place. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The hydrogen formed by the chemical action of the dilute sulphuric acid on the zinc moves toward the copper electrode, as in the simple voltaic cell. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- From this phenomenon, the chemical action of acids upon metals and the production of an electric current were observed, and the voltaic pile was invented. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The Royal Institution now provided him with a voltaic battery that was four times as powerful as any that had previously been constructed. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In fact, in the leading telegraph offices the storage battery has practically superseded the old voltaic cells. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Inventors were not yet satisfied with the power developed from either the voltaic battery or the magneto-electric machine, and continued to improve the latter. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Experiments which grew out of the Voltaic Cell. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In arranging a telegraphic circuit, the voltaic batteries and the instruments are introduced at breaks in the telegraph wire. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- For example, the simple voltaic cell and the gravity cell have approximately equal voltages, but the current produced by the voltaic cell is stronger than that produced by the gravity cell. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Thus, when the vessel is filled with the silvering liquid, a voltaic current is established, and the deposition is effected on the articles connected with the negative pole. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Nevertheless very efficient electric lamps working by voltaic batteries were devised by Foucault, Duboscq, Deleuil and others as early as 1853. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The galvanic or voltaic battery by Volta in 1800. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This is because the current meets more resistance within the gravity cell than within the voltaic cell. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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