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adj. - Pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action.

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  • It thus makes a complete round, which is called the voltaic
  • A few years afterwards Volta devised what is known as the voltaic pile
  • Let us from this point of view contemplate the following series of chemical elements, which is a representation of the so-called voltaic series:
  • There are currents produced by chemical action called voltaic currents; by the action of heat, or thermo-electric currents; by the motion of magnets, or magneto-electric...
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