Galvanic

Quick meaning: Galvanic is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to galvanism; electric.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to galvanism; electric.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) Energetic; vigorous.
2. Of a current that is not alternating, as opposed to faradic.

Example Sentences

[S]he was quivering like a galvanic battery with the suppressed force of some powerful emotion.

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.

Physicians used galvanic currents, which required only a galvanic power source, and faradic treatments, which utilized an "alternating" induction coil.

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.

Synonyms for galvanic

Depending on context, synonyms include exciting, electric, galvanizing, voltaic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include voltaic, electric, exciting, galvanizing, galvonic, electrogalvanic.

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