Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Galvanism \Gal"va*nism\, n. [From Galvani: cf. F. galvanisme.
See {Galvanic}.] (Physics)
(a) Electricity excited by the mutual action of certain
liquids and metals; dynamical electricity.
(b) The branch of physical science which treats of dynamical
elecricity, or the properties and effects of electrical
currents.
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Note: The words galvanism and galvanic, formerly in very
general use, are now rarely employed. For the latter,
voltaic, from the name of Volta, is commonly used.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Voltaism \Vol"ta*ism\, n. [Cf. F. volta["i]sme.] (Physics)
That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical
action between metals and different liquids; voltaic
electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of
electricity; -- called also {galvanism}, from Galvani, on
account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence
of this agent on animals.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
galvanism
n 1: electricity produced by chemical action
2: the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in
the treatment of various forms of paralysis) [syn:
{electrotherapy}, {galvanism}, {electric healing},
{electrical healing}]
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