Voltaism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Voltaism \Vol"ta*ism\, n. [Cf. F. volta["i]sme.] (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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