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Definition of element

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Voltaic Vol*ta"ic, a. [Cf. F. volta["i]que, It. voltaico.] 1. 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. Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc. Note: See the Note under Galvanism. Voltaic arc, a luminous arc, of intense brilliancy, formed between carbon points as electrodes by the passage of a powerful voltaic current. Voltaic battery, an apparatus variously constructed, consisting of a series of plates or pieces of dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, arranged in pairs, and subjected to the action of a saline or acid solution, by which a current of electricity is generated whenever the two poles, or ends of the series, are connected by a conductor; a galvanic battery. See Battery, 4. (b), and Note. Voltaic circuit. See under Circuit. Voltaic couple or element, a single pair of the connected plates of a battery. Voltaic electricity. See the Note under Electricity. Voltaic pile, a kind of voltaic battery consisting of alternate disks of dissimilar metals, separated by moistened cloth or paper. See 5th Pile. Voltaic protection of metals, the protection of a metal exposed to the corrosive action of sea water, saline or acid liquids, or the like, by associating it with a metal which is positive to it, as when iron is galvanized, or coated with zinc.
Element
Element El"e*ment ([e^]l"[-e]*m[e^]nt), v. t. 1. To compound of elements or first principles. [Obs.] ``[Love] being elemented too.' --Donne. 2. To constitute; to make up with elements. His very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness. --Walton.

Meaning of element from wikipedia

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- chemical element is a chemical substance whose atoms all have the same number of protons. The number of protons is called the atomic number of that element. For...
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- Extended periodic table Element 119 (Uue, marked here) in period 8 (row 8) marks the start of theorisations. An extended periodic table theorizes about...
- Primitive element (finite field), an element that generates the multiplicative group of a finite field Primitive element (lattice), an element in a lattice...
- Fifth Element may refer to: Aether (classical element), the fifth classical element, also known as quintessence Boron, the (modern) element with atomic...
- transcription activator protein binds to the response element and stimulates transcription. If the same response element sequence is located in the control regions...
- mathematics, an element of a *-algebra is called unitary if it is invertible and its inverse element is the same as its adjoint element. Let A {\displaystyle...