Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

voltaic pile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables: voltaic pile
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The earliest electrical battery that could continuously provide an electric current to a circuit.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

Invented by Italian chemist Alessandro Volta.

Inflected Forms

voltaic piles (plural)

Synonyms

Volta's pile pile galvanic pile

Questions

What does voltaic pile mean?: The earliest electrical battery that could continuously provide an electric current to a circuit.
Where does voltaic pile come from?: Invented by Italian chemist Alessandro Volta.

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