Results for galvanic

Definitions of galvanic:

part of speech: adjective

Belonging to or exhibiting galvanism.

part of speech: adjective

Of or pert. to galvanism.

part of speech: adjective

Producing electrical currents; spasmodic.

Usage examples for galvanic:

• The Galvanic apparatus has been repeatedly tried in place- that is by exploding cartridges in the very chambers of the rock prepared for the powder- with the batteries at 1200 feet distance they are in full form and act admirably so that I see but little fear of failure on that head. "Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy", George Biddell Airy

• The chemist broke a razor in his desire to cut the skin; he tried to break it by a powerful electric shock; next he submitted it to the influence of a galvanic battery; but all the thunderbolts his science wotted of fell harmless on the dreadful talisman. "The Magic Skin", Honore de Balzac

• Born of stream galvanic with it he had perished! "The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.", Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

• There was the Galvanic battery,- it had been entirely overlooked, and yet what wonders it had performed! "The Portland Sketch Book", Various