electromotive series

American

noun

Chemistry.

the classification of metals in the order of their electrode potentials.

electromotive series British

noun

chem a series of the metals, together with hydrogen, ranged in the order of their electrode potentials

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Volta then proved that all metals could be arranged in an electromotive series such that each became positive when placed in contact with the one next below it in the series.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

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