voltaic electricity

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noun

electric current; moving electric charges.

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Origin of voltaic electricity

First recorded in 1810–20

The billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.
Bill Gates Drinks Sewer Water|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The carpeting is worn, the furniture is falling apart, and the electricity is out for most of the day.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some of Stone's neighbors, who live between Dotts and 4th Streets in Pennsburg, said their electricity and water had been cut off.
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Increasingly, as these industries develop, on-site solar and wind is a way of guaranteeing a lower price for electricity.
Solar Powered Ski Lift|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

That year, landfill gas accounted for 9,800 gigawatts of electricity generation, up more than 90 percent from 2003.
Garbage In, Power Out|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While it lasted flashes of lightning frequently played around the mast-top, occasioned by electricity.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
In doing this work the electricity may, and often is, utterly dissipated—that is, changed into heat.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
You must be careful or your battery'll run out of electricity; that would mean your being hung up for two days.
The Everlasting Arms|Joseph Hocking
Yet we are told that heat, motion, electricity and chemical affinity are the causes of mental and moral action.
Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward
That because light, heat, electricity and motion are closely related, therefore they are the cause of life.
Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward