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Definition of Galvanic

1. Adjective. Pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action. "A voltaic (or galvanic) couple"

2. Adjective. Affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling. "The new leader had a galvanic effect on morale"

Definition of Galvanic

1. a. Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents.

Definition of Galvanic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to ''galvanism''; electric ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Galvanic

1. pertaining to a direct electric current [adj]

Medical Definition of Galvanic

1. Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents. Galvanic battery, the voltaic pile. See Voltaic. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Galvanic

galtonian galtonian genetics galtonian inheritance galtonian trait galtonias galumph galumphed galumphing galumphingly galumphs

galut galuth galuths galuts galvalume galvanic (current term) galvanic action galvanic anode galvanic anodes galvanic battery

galvanic cautery galvanic cell galvanic couple galvanic couples galvanic current galvanic nystagmus galvanic pile galvanic series galvanic skin reaction galvanic skin reflex

Literary usage of Galvanic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"On galvanic Cells produced by the Action of Light. to be denied that many chemical reactions do take place instantaneously on the boundary of two phases, ..."

2. Scientific Dialogues for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People by Jeremiah Joyce (1866)
"Can you explain the structure and use of the galvanic battery ? ... Can the galvanic shock be made to pass through several persons, and by what means? ..."

3. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"When however, we employ the galvanic current, taken directly from a battery, ... When a galvanic current is led into a motor nerve it is found, ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on the Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity by George Miller Beard, Alphonso David Rockwell (1888)
"galvanic APPARATUS. Apparatus for generating and furnishing the galvanic current. ... Two metals in a liquid—the galvanic element, pair or cell in action is ..."

5. The Elements of Experimental Chemistry by William Henry, Robert Hare (1823)
"A CONVENIENT and powerful galvanic battery has been constructed by Dr. Hare of ... ALL the effects of galvanic arrangements, that have hitherto been ..."

6. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1832)
"Our author in the present paper states some arguments founded on experiments^ from which it appears that an accumulation of galvanic influence, ..."

7. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1828)
"I will show one convenient mode of producing galvanic ignition, deferring any further illustration or explanation till Galvanism and Voltaic Electricity ..."

8. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1871)
"The galvanic Current as an Agent to effect Absorption.—Dr. Ludwig Seeger, who terms himself Electro-therapeutist to the hospital at Wieden, ..."

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