Meanings
nounvoltatype (plural voltatypes)
plural voltatypes
- obsoleteAn electrotype.
Sometimes, however, a rather different mode of proceeding is adopted in forming voltatypes. Instead of a plate, or rod of zinc, the positive electrode consists of copper, whilst the negative electrode is formed of platinum, silver, or some other metal, less liable to become oxidated than copper.
1843, Rosina Maria Zornlin, What is a voltaic battery?, page 103
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