Definition of 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.

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accumulator, battery, dry battery, electric battery, galvanic battery, galvanic cell, primary cell, storage battery, voltaic cell


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