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voltaic pile

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voltaic pile
n.
A source of electricity consisting of a number of alternating disks of two different metals separated by acid-moistened pads, forming primary cells connected in series.
voltaic pile
n
(Physics / General Physics) an early form of battery consisting of a pile of paired plates of dissimilar metals, such as zinc and copper, each pair being separated from the next by a pad moistened with an electrolyte Also called pile galvanic pile Volta's pile
voltaic pile
A source of electricity consisting of a number of disks that alternate between two different metals and are separated by acid-moistened pads, forming a set of galvanic cells connected in series. See more at galvanic. See Note at battery.
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Noun1.voltaic pilevoltaic pile - battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
galvanic pile, pile
electric battery, battery - a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series


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Mazarin bounded in his bed as if he had been put in relation with a Leyden jar or a voltaic pile, at the same time that a surprise, or rather a manifest disappointment, inflamed his features with such a blaze of anger, that Louis XIV.
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Hereupon it was agreed to postpone the internal examination until the next evening; and we were about to separate for the present, when some one suggested an experiment or two with the Voltaic pile.
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