Galvanization

2 definitions found

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

  Galvanization \Gal"va*niza`tion\, n.
     The act of process of galvanizing.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  galvanization
       n 1: stimulation with a galvanic current [syn: {galvanisation}]
       2: stimulation that arouses a person to lively action; "the
          unexpected news produced a kind of galvanization of the
          whole team" [syn: {galvanisation}]
       3: either the work of covering with metal by the use of a
          galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to
          protect it from rusting [syn: {galvanisation}]