unit of electromotive force, 1873, back-formation from voltaic.
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voltaic adj.
1813, designating electricity produced by chemical action, formed in recognition of Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), who perfected a chemical process used in electrical batteries, + -ic.
megavolt n.
unit of measure equivalent to one million volts, 1868, from mega- "one million" + volt.