voltaic









voltaic


adjective

  1. Electricity. noting or pertaining to electricity or electric currents, especially when produced by chemical action, as in a cell; galvanic.
  2. (initial capital letter) of or relating to Alessandro Volta.

noun

  1. Gur.

adjective

  1. another word for galvanic (def. 1)

adjective

  1. of or relating to Burkina Faso, formerly known as Upper Volta
  2. denoting, belonging to, or relating to the Gur group of African languages

noun

  1. this group of languagesSee also Gur
adj.

1813, designating electricity produced by chemical action, formed in recognition of Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), who perfected a chemical process used in electrical batteries, + -ic.

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