voltaic pile

Definitions

Electronics

• An early battery consisting of a series of alternated disks of dissimilar metals, usually zinc and copper, each separated by paper or cloth soaked in an electrolyte. Also called Volta pile, galvanic pile, or pile (1).
• synonymVolta pile

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