noun
battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑pile, ↑galvanic pile
• Hypernyms: ↑battery, ↑electric battery
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noun : pile V 6a
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Elect.
an early battery cell, consisting of several metal disks, each made of one of two dissimilar metals, arranged in an alternating series, and separated by pads moistened with an electrolyte. Also called galvanic pile, pile, Volta's pile.
[1805-15]
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voltaic pile,
= galvanic pile. (Cf. ↑galvanic pile)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.