galvanic
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
galvanic /galˈvanɪk/
▶adjective
- 1 relating to or involving electric currents produced by chemical action.
- 2 sudden and dramatic.
– derivatives
galvanically adverb.
galvanically adverb.
– origin C18: from Fr. galvanique, from the name of the Italian physiologist Luigi Galvani, known for his discovery of the twitching of frogs' legs in an electric field.
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