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Definition of Galvanic battery
1. Noun. Battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel.
Generic synonyms: Battery, Electric Battery
Specialized synonyms: Dry Battery, Accumulator, Storage Battery
Terms within: Galvanic Cell, Primary Cell, Voltaic Cell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galvanic Battery
Literary usage of Galvanic battery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Natural Philosophy: In which the Principles of Mechanics by John Lee Comstock (1841)
"Being thus prepared, and the galvanic battery in action, take a magnetic needle
six or eight inches long, properly balanced on its pivot, ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1873)
"30, but 30+22 when the two forces acted in the same direction, and 30 — 23 when
they acted against one another. On a Powerful galvanic battery. ..."
3. Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy by Augustin Privat-Deschanel (1878)
"galvanic battery. 505. Voltaic Electricity.—Towards the close of last century,
... the galvanic battery furnished a steady source of electricity, ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1867)
"ON THE galvanic battery. By Dr. L. BRADLEY, of New York. IN addressing myself to
the learned members of this Association upon the subject of the galvanic ..."