galvanic battery

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

galvanic battery
    n 1: battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in
         series or parallel [syn: {voltaic battery}, {galvanic
         battery}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Galvanic \Gal*van"ic\, a. [From Galvani, a professor of
   physiology at Bologna, on account of his connection (about
   1780) with the discovery of dynamical or current electricity:
   cf. F. galvanique.]
   Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of,
   galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Galvanic battery} (Elec.), an apparatus for generating
      electrical currents by the mutual action of certain
      liquids and metals; -- now usually called {voltaic
      battery}. See {Battery}.

   {Galvanic circuit} or {Galvanic circle}. (Elec.) See under
      {Circuit}.

   {Galvanic pile} (Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under
      {Voltaic}.
      [1913 Webster]