voltaic cell
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How to use voltaic cell in a sentence
The enormous value of the voltaic cell in building up the science of electricity need hardly be pointed out.
Invention | Bradley A. FiskeThis kind may also be noted in the voltaic cell and the charged condenser, and in a chemical form in coal and gunpowder.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousThis is because the current meets more resistance within the gravity cell than within the voltaic cell.
General Science | Bertha M. ClarkIn the voltaic cell the chemical action of the acid upon the zinc transforms chemical energy into electrical energy.
Physics | Willis Eugene TowerIn the illustration, the tubes Cu and Zn correspond to the conducting plates of copper and zinc of a voltaic cell.
Physics | Willis Eugene Tower
British Dictionary definitions for voltaic cell
another name for primary cell
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Scientific definitions for voltaic cell
[ vŏl-tā′ĭk ]
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