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voltaic couple
noun
, Electricity.
- a pair of substances, as two different metals, that when placed in a proper solution produces an electromotive force by chemical action.
voltaic couple
noun
- physics a pair of dissimilar metals in an electrolyte with a potential difference between the metals resulting from chemical action
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The arrangement of two dissimilar metals immersed in a liquid which acts upon one of them is called a voltaic couple.
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