voltaism

[ vohl-tuh-iz-uhm, vol- ]

noun

1. the branch of electrical science that deals with the production of electricity or electric currents by chemical action.

voltaism

/ ˈvɒltəˌɪzəm /

noun

1. another name for galvanism

Word History and Origins

Origin of voltaism¹

1805–15; after A. Volta; -ism

Example Sentences

The long wished for full explanation of the relations between frictional electricity, voltaism, magnetism, heat, and light, seems likely soon to be obtained; and, consequently, also the exact physical relations of the vital or formative force of animals and plants.

From Project Gutenberg

It rippled over and through him like an electrical voltaism, making his body rigid, stiffening what had seemed to be fat into muscle, tensing his hands until they knotted themselves slowly into fists.

From Project Gutenberg

Uto'pian, ideal, fanciful, chimerical: from "Utopia"—an imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called "Utopia," as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics laws, and society. volta'ic, relating to voltaism or voltaic electricity: from "Volta"—who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action.

From Project Gutenberg

It rippled over and through him like an electrical voltaism, making his body rigid, stiffening what had seemed to be fat into muscle, tensing his hands until they knotted themselves slowly into fists.

From Project Gutenberg