Hypertext Webster Gateway: "galvanic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
{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 circle}. (Elec.) See under {Circuit}.
{Galvanic pile} (Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under
{Voltaic}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
galvanic
adj 1: (electricity) pertaining to or producing electric current by
chemical action; "a galvanic cell"; "a voltaic (or
galvanic) couple" [syn: {voltaic}]
2: affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling; "gave
an electric reading of the play"; "the new leader had a
galvanic effect on morale" [syn: {electric}, {galvanizing},
{galvanising}]
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