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Noun: voltaic pile
  1. Battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
    "Volta's invention of the voltaic pile marked a significant advancement in the study of electricity";
    - pile, galvanic pile

Derived forms: voltaic piles

Type of: battery, electric battery

Encyclopedia: Voltaic pile