voltaic
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His system uses the same mechanism as the voltaic pile, the world's first electrical battery giving a continuous current invented in 1799 by Alessandro Volta.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
This approach is called agrivoltaics — a portmanteau of agriculture and voltaic cells, which transform solar power to electrical power.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2022
“I have just completed a curious voltaic pile which I think you would like to see,” he wrote.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 29, 2017
A battery is a multiple connection of voltaic cells, as shown in Figure 21.18.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Zincode, zing′kōd, n. the negative pole of a voltaic battery: the anode of an electrolytic cell.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
