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voltaic pile
noun
- 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.
voltaic pile
noun
- 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 calledpilegalvanic pileVolta's pile
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Word History and Origins
Origin of voltaic pile1
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Example Sentences
As he drew the dog up to an apparatus which we know as a voltaic pile, he rounded off his words with his false and grating laugh.
Volta actually made this battery, then known as the Voltaic Pile, but he made it because of Galvani's discovery.
A few years afterwards Volta devised what is known as the voltaic pile (Fig. 20).
Grouped about his feet are a gear-wheel, voltaic pile, telegraph key, and telephone.
At the beginning of 1800, he sent a detailed description of the voltaic pile to the Royal Society of London.
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