| Voltaic 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch Of electric science; discovered by Volta; as, voltaic electricity. 2. (a.) of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc. Thesaurus Entries dynamoelectric, electric, electric-powered, electrified, electrifying, electrochemical, electrodynamic, electrokinetic, electromechanical, electrometric, electromotive, electropneumatic, electrostatic, electrothermal, galvanic, galvanometric, hydroelectric, photoelectric, piezoelectric, static, voltaic |