Word familyadjectivegalvanicgalvanometricgalvanoplasticadverbgalvanicallynoungalvanistgalvanizationgalvanizergalvanometergalvanometrygalvanoplastygalvanoscopegalvanismverbgalvanize
Related topics: Electricity
gal·va·nis·m /ˈɡælvənɪzəm/ noun [uncountableU]
technicalTPE the production of electricity by the use of chemicals, especially as in a battery 流电学
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galvanism• They were by far outnumbered by recent volumes on chemistry, electricity, galvanism, and natural philosophy.
Origingalvanism
(1700-1800)French from Luigi Galvani (1739-98), Italian scientist who studied electricity