galvanic

Questions about galvanic

What does galvanic mean?

galvanic means "pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in galvanic?

galvanic has 3 syllables: gal-van-ic. The stress falls on "van". In IPA it is /ɡælˈvænɪk/.

What is another word for galvanic?

Close synonyms include voltaic, electric, galvanizing, galvanising. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is galvanic a common word?

galvanic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.