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Voltaic

//vɑlˈteɪ.ɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to electricity.
  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta or his work. not-comparable

    "She seemed molded from fire and air, and vivified at some Voltaic pile of August thunder-clouds heaped against the sunset."

  3. 3
    Of or pertaining to Burkina Faso, previously known as Upper Volta. not-comparable
  4. 4
    producing electricity by chemical action.
  5. 5
    Of or pertaining to the Gur languages of Africa, in the Niger-Congo family. not-comparable
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  1. 6
    reminiscent of the action of electricity: thrilling, shocking, dramatic. figuratively

    "Around them, the air thrummed with the kind of voltaic wailing to power up the darkest night."

Adjective
  1. 1
    pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person from Upper Volta.
  2. 2
    a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Volta + -ic after Alessandro Volta.

Etymology 2

From Volta + -ic.

Etymology 3

From Volta + -ic.

Etymology 4

From Volta + -ic.

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