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voltaic pile
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
voltaic pile
–noun Electricity.
an early battery cell, consisting of several metal disks, each made of one of two dissimilar metals, arranged in an alternating series, and separated by pads moistened with an electrolyte.
Also called galvanic pile, pile, Volta's pile.


[Origin: 1805–15]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

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voltaic pile

noun
battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta 

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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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