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Definition of voltairism in English English dictionary
- Of or relating to Voltaire, the French author
- Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc
- An instrument for m
- The theories or practice of Voltaire
- 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