volta-electric

== English == === Alternative forms === voltaelectric === Adjective === volta-electric (not comparable) (physics, dated) Of or pertaining to voltaic electricity, i.e. electric currents, or voltaism, the chemical generation of electricity. Synonym: voltaic ==== Usage notes ==== In the study of electricity, chemically generated volta-electric phenomena were originally contrasted with ones that are magnetically generated or magneto-electric. This distinction is no longer seen as salient in modern physics, so the term volta-electric has fallen out of use. When specifying chemically-generated electricity, the terms chemoelectrical or electrochemical may now be used instead. === Further reading === “volta-electric”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.