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galvanic action — Wasting away of two unlike metals due to electrical current passing between them. The action is increased in the presence of moisture … Dictionary of automotive terms
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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Galvanic battery — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Galvanic circle — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Galvanic circuit — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Galvanic pile — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
galvanic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to or involving electric currents produced by chemical action. 2) sudden and dramatic. DERIVATIVES galvanically adverb. ORIGIN French galvanique, from the name of the Italian physiologist Luigi Galvani (1737 98), known for … English terms dictionary
galvanic cell — noun an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged • Syn: ↑voltaic cell, ↑primary cell • Ant: ↑electrolytic cell (for: ↑voltaic cell) … Useful english dictionary
Galvanic circle — Circuit Cir cuit, n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr. circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to go.] 1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Galvanic circuit — Circuit Cir cuit, n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr. circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to go.] 1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
