Definitions for voltaic pile

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

volta′ic pile′(n.)

an early battery cell consisting of disks of dissimilar metals separated by electrolytic pads.
Category: Electricity and Magnetism

Origin of voltaic pile:

1805–15

Princeton's WordNet

voltaic pile, pile, galvanic pile(noun)
battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta

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