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voltaism
[ vohl-tuh-iz-uhm, vol- ]
noun
- the branch of electrical science that deals with the production of electricity or electric currents by chemical action.
voltaism
/ ˈ±¹É’±ô³Ùəˌɪ³úÉ™³¾ /
noun
- another name for galvanism
Example Sentences
The long wished for full explanation of the relations between frictional electricity, voltaism, magnetism, heat, and light, seems likely soon to be obtained; and, consequently, also the exact physical relations of the vital or formative force of animals and plants.
Uto'pian, ideal, fanciful, chimerical: from "Utopia"—an imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called "Utopia," as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics laws, and society. volta'ic, relating to voltaism or voltaic electricity: from "Volta"—who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action.
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