This term is part of our Unit 21: English for Electronics vocabulary list. Please note that pronunciations can vary slightly even in the same dialect.
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a device that derives energy from chemical reaction, such as in a battery
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"Car batteries are a good example of voltaic cells: there are electrodes which are submerged in a solution, and due to some chemical reaction which takes place in the solution, the energy is derived."