English to French Meaning of volte face - volte-face

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Definitions of volte face in English

Noun(1) a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana
Adjective(1) pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action, or galvanic

Examples of volte face in English

(1) Power is collected through solar voltaic cells, stored on site, and converted for use in the house.(2) Because electrons originate at the anode in a voltaic cell, the anode has a (-) charge; electrons enter the cathode, which has a (+) charge.(3) Using ordinary hook-up electrical wire, you can use the potato to create a voltaic cell, which will power a VERY small bulb.(4) In voltaic cells, for example, energy is produced in the form of electricity.(5) Alpha voltaic batteries use a radioisotope such as Americium, the substance commonly used in smoke detectors, coupled with a semiconductor device that acts like a solar cell to convert alpha energy into usable electricity.(6) The redox reaction in the battery is the source of the electrical energy; batteries are voltaic cells.(7) Eventually, these hopes were fulfilled, and in 1863 Raoult gained a doctorate from the University of Paris, for a thesis on the electromotive force of voltaic cells.(8) The polarities of the anode and cathode are reversed in comparison to their assignments in voltaic cells, but the function of the anode, being the site of oxidation, and of the cathode, being the site of reduction, is the same.

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voltaïque

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