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.

galvanic — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action
“a galvanic cell”
“a voltaic (or galvanic) couple”
Synonymsvoltaic
electricity
2.
affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
“gave an electric reading of the play”
“the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale”
Synonymselectric galvanizing galvanising
Similarexciting

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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for galvanic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action
“a galvanic cell”
“a voltaic (or galvanic) couple”
Synonymsvoltaic
electricity
2.
affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
“gave an electric reading of the play”
“the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale”
Synonymselectric galvanizing galvanising
Similarexciting

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.

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