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Webster 1913 Edition
Galvanic
Gal-van′ic
,Adj.
[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, galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents.
Galvanic battery
(Elec.)
, an apparatus for generating electrical currents by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; – now usually called
– voltaic battery
. See Battery
. Galvanic circuit
or Galvanic circle
(Elec.)
See under
– Circuit
. Galvanic pile
(Elec.)
, the voltaic pile. See under
Voltaic
.Webster 1828 Edition
Galvanic
GALVAN'IC
,Adj.