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UK
/ɡælvˈænɪk/
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[ US /ɡæɫˈvænɪk/ ]
[ US /ɡæɫˈvænɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale
gave an electric reading of the play -
pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action
a voltaic (or galvanic) couple
a galvanic cell
How To Use galvanic In A Sentence
- From a mail-order house she ordered a battery-operated galvanic device which applied the stimulation of low-voltage electrical current to his paralyzed limbs.
- _Coeteris paribus_ -- all the other usual conditions being observed, such as silence, the fixed gaze, monotony of attention -- let the galvanic disk be put aside, and in its place let a sixpence or a fourpenny-piece be employed, or indeed any similar small object on which the eyes of the patient must remain fixed for the usual space of time, and we will promise that the experiments thus made shall be equally successful with those in which the so-called galvanic disk is employed. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 446 Volume 18, New Series, July 17, 1852
- This is the scene's only glimpse of him; Michel's galvanic change of mind and manner (after narrating ‘I lost courage’) is not explained until this moment.
- Blistering paint on metal components may be the first sign of galvanic corrosion, followed by a white powdery buildup on the aluminum surface and finally deep pitting that leaves the aluminum weak and porous.
- In a mouth-watering programme full of enticing - nay, galvanic - events, there are 550 authors shoehorned into two packed weeks.
- Another monograph discussing voltammetric analysis methods in electroplating (8.108.5002) presents 77 methods for determining a range of components in galvanic baths and sewages. Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news
- The New York Times, meanwhile, wrote that ‘this slow, episodic film is held together by his galvanic presence’.
- The serum is designed to be incorporated into a galvanic facial treatment. The A-Z of Beauty Treatment
- _malignant_ and _poisonous_ affections, as scirrhus and other varieties of cancer, and also cases of infectious virus, demand continually, or with but occasional exceptions, the primary galvanic current A B. ☞ In treating these malignant affections, the current should be run through as short a distance of _healthy_ tissue as possible, yet so as fairly to reach the diseased part. A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication
- Beth McMullian will lead participants in a hands on electronics workshop where participants will built a primitive lie detector known as the galvanic skin response meter. Bettina Korek: PLAN ForYourArt: August 18-24