voltaic cell

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. cell.

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voltaic cell British  

noun

1. another name for primary cell

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voltaic cell Scientific  

/ vŏl-tā′ĭk /

1. See electric cell

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Etymology

Origin of voltaic cell

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

About 1839 he constructed the platinum-zinc voltaic cell that bears his name, and with the aid of a number of these exhibited the electric arc light in the London Institution, Finsbury Circus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

His researches dealt very largely with electro-chemistry and with the voltaic cell, of which he invented several varieties.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

This letter was written after the chemical changes in the voltaic cell had received a great deal of attention by many experimenters, the most prominent of whom was Davy.

From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous

The hydrogen formed by the chemical action of the dilute sulphuric acid on the zinc moves toward the copper electrode, as in the simple voltaic cell.

From General Science by Clark, Bertha M.

The electrochemical apparatus was a voltameter containing a definite compound to be electrolysed, or a voltaic cell or battery.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew