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Definitions for voltaic
vɒlˈteɪ ɪk, voʊl-volta·ic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Gur, Voltaicadjective

    a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana

  2. voltaic, galvanicadjective

    pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action

    "a galvanic cell"; "a voltaic (or galvanic) couple"

Wiktionary

  1. voltaicadjective

    of or relating to electricity; galvanic

  2. voltaicadjective

    producing electricity by chemical action

  3. Voltaicadjective

    Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta or his work.

  4. Voltaicadjective

    Of or pertaining to Burkina Faso, previously known as Upper Volta

  5. Voltaicadjective

    Of or pertaining to Gur languages of Africa, from Niger-Congo family.

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  1. voltaic

    Voltaic refers to the phenomenon or process of generating electric current or electricity by chemical reactions or changes. It is often associated with a device known as a voltaic cell, named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta, who invented the electric battery. This term could also be used to describe anything related to, or produced by, electricity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Voltaicadjective

    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. Voltaicadjective

    of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. voltaque, It. voltaico.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of voltaic in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of voltaic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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