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UK
/ɡælvˈænɪk/
]
[ 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.
- If we take, for example, sulphuric acid and zinc and make what we call a galvanic battery, we see that from two chemical substances a third — a salt — is made in addition to which we have a peculiar energy produced called electricity. Manhood of Humanity.
- No signs of galvanic skin responses, changes in heart rate, or increased vasoconstriction. Lawnmower Season
- League Cups and Celtic are bitter sweet, more the former than the latter, the most galvanic being the defeat by Rovers four years ago which set the terrain shifting under his feet.
- The music, Partita by Vytautas Barkauskas, is by turns pert and crisp, abrasive and urgent, and its phrases impel his limbs to galvanic action, as if they had a will of their own.
- Galvanic skin response GSR, which is actually a main component of traditional polygraph tests, is basically skin conductance. Wired Top Stories
- Devices available on the market for private, individual use generally measure skin resistance or muscle tension and are referred to as GSR devices (galvanic skin response) or EMG devices (electromyelograph, meaning muscle electricity). Stress and the Manager
- The technique, known as galvanic vestibular stimulation, unbalances a person so that they automatically veer left or right in an attempt to rebalance themselves.
- The galvanic current is directly proportional to the cathodic area when the cell is under cathodic control as it normally is in water.
- Since titanium and titanium alloys are very resistant to corrosion, the filler metal should be selected carefully to avoid galvanic corrosion.