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VOLTAIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana
Synonyms:
Gur; Voltaic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Voltaic" is a kind of...):
Niger-Congo (a family of African language spoken in west Africa)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action
Example:
a voltaic (or galvanic) couple
Synonyms:
galvanic; voltaic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)
Pertainym:
voltage (the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts)
Derivation:
volt (a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it)
