Dictionary 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 dynamoelectric electric electric-powered electrified electrifying electrochemical electrodynamic electrokinetic electromechanical electrometric electromotive electropneumatic electrostatic electrothermal galvanic galvanometric hydroelectric photoelectric piezoelectric static voltaic |