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voltaic pile

voltaic pile noun: the earliest electrical battery that could continuously provide an electric current to a circuit.

Noun

voltaic pile (plural voltaic piles)

  1. (historical) The earliest electrical battery that could continuously provide an electric current to a circuit.
    • She seemed molded from fire and air, and vivified at some Voltaic pile of August thunder-clouds heaped against the sunset.1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities
    Synonyms:
    Volta's pile

voltaic pile meaning in Tamil

voltaic pile in Tamil

உவோற்றாவடுக்கு

Synonyms of voltaic pile

Forms of voltaic pile

pluralvoltaic piles
alternative formVoltaic pile

Origin of voltaic pile

Invented by Italian chemist Alessandro Volta.

Questions about voltaic pile

What does voltaic pile mean?
Voltaic pile means the earliest electrical battery that could continuously provide an electric current to a circuit.
What is voltaic pile in Tamil?
Voltaic pile in Tamil is உவோற்றாவடுக்கு. See Voltaic pile meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is voltaic pile?
Voltaic pile is a noun.
What is the plural of voltaic pile?
The plural of voltaic pile is voltaic piles.

Words near voltaic pile in the dictionary

  1. voltaic battery
  2. voltaic cell
  3. voltaic cells
  4. voltaic couple
  5. voltaic couples
  6. voltaic pile
  7. Voltaics
  8. Voltaire
  9. Voltairean
  10. Voltaireanism
  11. Voltaireans

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