Antonyms for galvanic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : gal-van-ik
Phonetic Transcription : gælˈvæn ɪk


Definition of galvanic

Origin :
  • 1797; see galvanism + -ic.
  • As in driving : adj forceful
  • As in excitable : adj easily upset or inspired
Example sentences :
  • You thought it was a galvanic belt, or something of that sort.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • Where would be the stomach-pumps and the galvanic batteries for science?
  • Extract from : « Nuts and Nutcrackers » by Charles James Lever
  • With a start, as if shocked into galvanic motion, the boy sat upright.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • His simple reply had a galvanic effect on his three hearers.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Peter Grimm » by David Belasco
  • We can send a galvanic current through a piece of platinum wire.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
  • With the galvanic this is less noticeable than with the faradic current.
  • Extract from : « The Electric Bath » by George M. Schweig
  • Where the absorption of substances is aimed at, the galvanic current must be employed.
  • Extract from : « The Electric Bath » by George M. Schweig
  • Work with grave-clothes, a coffin-lid, and a galvanic battery.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes » by Various
  • By the galvanic battery, electricity is made subservient to man.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 » by Various
  • Not so the galvanic battery, which never disappointed any one.
  • Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan

Synonyms for galvanic

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