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GALVANIC PILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does galvanic pile mean?
• GALVANIC PILE (noun)
The noun GALVANIC PILE has 1 sense:
1. battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
Familiarity information: GALVANIC PILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
galvanic pile; pile; voltaic pile
Hypernyms ("galvanic pile" is a kind of...):
battery; electric battery (a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series)
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