Galvanic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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 {Galvanic circle}. (Elec.) See under
        {Circuit}.
  
     {Galvanic pile} (Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under
        {Voltaic}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  galvanic
       adj 1: 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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "galvanic":
     agitating, alluring, battery-powered, breathtaking, challenging,
     charged, cliff-hanging, disquieting, distracting, disturbing,
     dynamoelectric, electric, electric-powered, electrified,
     electrifying, electrochemical, electrodynamic, electrokinetic,
     electromechanical, electrometric, electromotive, electropneumatic,
     electrostatic, electrothermal, encouraging, energizing, exciting,
     exhilarating, galvanizing, galvanometric, heady, heart-expanding,
     heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, hydroelectric,
     impressive, inflammatory, intoxicating, inviting, jarring, jolting,
     maddening, mind-blowing, moving, overcoming, overmastering,
     overpowering, overwhelming, perturbing, photoelectric,
     piezoelectric, piquant, prompting, provocative, provoking,
     ravishing, rousing, soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, static,
     stimulant, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, striking,
     suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, thrilling, thrilly,
     troubling, unsettling, upsetting, voltaic