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VOLTAIC BATTERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel
Synonyms:
galvanic battery; voltaic battery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)
