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voltaic

/vol-tey-ik, vohl-/US // vɒlˈteɪ ɪk, voʊl- //UK // (vɒlˈteɪɪk) //

伏尔泰,伏尔塔克,伏尔塔瓦,火电

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Electricity. noting or pertaining to electricity or electric currents, especially when produced by chemical action, as in a cell; galvanic.
    • : of or relating to Alessandro Volta.

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Examples

  • So far more than 130 megawatts of solar voltaic systems have been installed in military bases spanning 31 states and D.C.

  • New Jersey has seven solar-voltaic landfills with a combined capacity of more than 17 megawatts.

  • As he drew the dog up to an apparatus which we know as a voltaic pile, he rounded off his words with his false and grating laugh.

  • The enormous value of the Voltaic cell in building up the science of electricity need hardly be pointed out.

  • Volta actually made this battery, then known as the Voltaic Pile, but he made it because of Galvani's discovery.

  • The beginning and the ending sheets of the Voltaic pile were connected by a wire, through which the current passed.

  • A small voltaic battery, placed under the machine, serves to work the electric motor, and has to be replenished from time to time.