voltatype

English

Etymology

From voltaic type.

Noun

voltatype (plural voltatypes)

1. (obsolete) An electrotype.
   • 1843, Rosina Maria Zornlin, What is a voltaic battery?, page 103:

     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.