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VOLTAIC BATTERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does voltaic battery mean?
• VOLTAIC BATTERY (noun)
The noun VOLTAIC BATTERY has 1 sense:
1. battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel
Familiarity information: VOLTAIC BATTERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
galvanic battery; voltaic battery
Hypernyms ("voltaic battery" is a kind of...):
battery; electric battery (a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series)
Meronyms (parts of "voltaic battery"):
galvanic cell; primary cell; voltaic cell (an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voltaic battery"):
dry battery (a voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells)
accumulator; storage battery (a voltaic battery that stores electric charge)
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