Vol"ta*ism (?), n. [Cf.
F. voltaïsme.]
(Physics) That
form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form
of electricity; -- called
also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on
animals.
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