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voltaic electricity

noun

  1. electric current; moving electric charges.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of voltaic electricity1

First recorded in 1810–20

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Example Sentences

We know that, by means of voltaic electricity or induction, we can crystallize a large number of substances.

Metals may be conveniently coated with compact copper to any desired thickness by means of voltaic electricity.

Again, Voltaic electricity can be made to produce a spark, but under ordinary circumstances it scarcely amounts to anything.

Such currents, and with magnetic properties, are always induced by powerful currents of voltaic electricity passing through wires.

These anomalies now receive a plausible explanation from the agencies of Voltaic electricity.

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