What is "galvanic" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does galvanic mean in English? Meaning of galvanic definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "galvanic" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "galvanic": pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action

Adjective

  • Meaning: pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action
  • Example: a galvanic cell a voltaic (or galvanic) couple
  • Synonyms: galvanic voltaic
  • Meaning of "galvanic": affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling

    Adjective

  • Meaning: affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
  • Example: gave an electric reading of the play the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale
  • Synonyms: electric galvanic galvanising galvanizing
  • Similar: exciting
  • Adjective: Of or pertaining to galvanism; electric. 1871, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Pink and White Tyranny, ch. 22: [S]he was quivering like a galvanic battery with the suppressed force of some powerful emotion.1871, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Pink and White Tyranny, ch. 22: [S]he was quivering like a galvanic battery with the suppressed force of some powerful emotion.(by extension) Energetic, vigorous. 1862, Anthony Trollope, North America, ch. 6: Whether the town existed during Mr. Tapley's time I have not been able to learn. . . . At that moment a galvanic motion had been pumped into it by the war movements of General Halleck. 1908, W. W. Jacobs, Salthaven, ch. 19: Then he clenched his fists, and, with an agility astonishing in a man of his years, indulged in a series of galvanic little hops in front of the astounded Peter Truefitt. 2014 April 4, Zachary Woolfe, "Music: How the Centuries Will Play Out," New York Times (retrieved 12 May 2014): But the main event may well end up being the performance of Brahms’s galvanic Piano Concerto No. 1, with the exhilarating British pianist Paul Lewis.1862, Anthony Trollope, North America, ch. 6: Whether the town existed during Mr. Tapley's time I have not been able to learn. . . . At that moment a galvanic motion had been pumped into it by the war movements of General Halleck.1908, W. W. Jacobs, Salthaven, ch. 19: Then he clenched his fists, and, with an agility astonishing in a man of his years, indulged in a series of galvanic little hops in front of the astounded Peter Truefitt.2014 April 4, Zachary Woolfe, "Music: How the Centuries Will Play Out," New York Times (retrieved 12 May 2014): But the main event may well end up being the performance of Brahms’s galvanic Piano Concerto No. 1, with the exhilarating British pianist Paul Lewis.
  • Synonyms:

    sweeping, dynamic, compelling, active, urging, energetic, enterprising, lively, vigorous, violent, propulsive, impellent, restless, fidgety, demonstrative, impulsive, high-strung, fiery, hysterical, skittish, temperamental, edgy, emotional, enthusiastic, fierce, hasty, hot-tempered, impatient, impetuous, inflammable, intolerant, irascible, mercurial, moody, nervous, neurotic, passionate, peevish, quick, quick-tempered, rash, reckless, sensitive, susceptible, testy, touchy, uncontrolled, uneasy, vehement, violent, volatile, agitable, alarmable, hot-headed, overzealous, short fused, volcanic,

    Antonyms:

    inactive, weak, wimpy, unforceful, laid-back, passive, uninspired, cold, cool, calm, easy, easy-going, insensitive, unexcitable,

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