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vol⋅ta⋅ic

[vol-tey-ik, vohl-]
–adjective
1. Electricity. noting or pertaining to electricity or electric currents, esp. when produced by chemical action, as in a cell; galvanic.
2. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta.

Origin:
1805–15; after A. Volta; see -ic

Vol⋅ta⋅ic

[vol-tey-ik]
–noun
Gur.

Gur

[goor]
–noun
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
Also called Voltaic.
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vol·ta·ic   (vŏl-tā'ĭk, vōl-, vôl-)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or being electricity or electric current produced by chemical action; galvanic.

  2. Producing electricity by chemical action.


[After Count Alessandro Volta.]
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