galvanic battery

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galvanic battery - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Galvanic \Gal*van"ic\, a. [From Galvani, a professor of
     physiology at Bologna, on account of his connection (about
     1780) with the discovery of dynamical or current electricity:
     cf. F. galvanique.]
     Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of,
     galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Galvanic battery (Elec.), an apparatus for generating
        electrical currents by the mutual action of certain
        liquids and metals; -- now usually called voltaic  battery
        . See Battery.
  
     Galvanic circuit or Galvanic circle. (Elec.) See under
        Circuit.
  
     Galvanic pile (Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under
        Voltaic.
        [1913 Webster]

galvanic battery - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  galvanic battery
      n 1: battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in
           series or parallel [syn: voltaic battery, galvanic battery
           ]