Galvanism
1galvanism — GALVANÍSM s.n. 1. Acţiunea unor curenţi electrici asupra organismelor şi a organelor vii. 2. Curent electric produs cu ajutorul pilelor electrochimice; curent electric continuu. – Din fr. galvanisme. Trimis de gall, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 … …
2Galvanism — Gal va*nism, n. [From Galvani: cf. F. galvanisme. See {Galvanic}.] (Physics) (a) Electricity excited by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; dynamical electricity. (b) The branch of physical science which treats of dynamical… …
3galvanism — electricity produced by chemical action, 1797, from Fr. galvanisme or It. galvanismo, from Italian physicist Luigi Galvani (1737 1798) who discovered it c.1792 while running currents through the legs of dead frogs …
4galvanism — [gal′və niz΄əm] n. [Fr galvanisme < It galvanismo: so called after GALVANI Luigi] 1. electricity produced by a chemical reaction 2. Med. direct electrical current used to stimulate nerves and muscles …
5Galvanism — HistoryThe effect was named by Alessandro Volta after his contemporary, the scientist Luigi Galvani, who investigated the effect of electricity on dissected animals in the 1780s and 1790s. Galvani himself referred to the phenomenon as animal… …
6galvanism — Voltaism Vol ta*ism, n. [Cf. F. volta[ i]sme.] (Physics) That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity;… …
7galvanism — 1. Direct current electricity produced by chemical action, as by a battery. 2. Oral manifestations of direct current electricity occurring when dental restorations with dissimilar electric potentials (such as silver and gold) are placed in the… …
8galvanism — n. (formerly) any form of medical treatment using electricity. Interrupted galvanism is a form of electrotherapy in which direct current, in impulses lasting for 30 to 100 milliseconds, is used to stimulate the activity of nerves or the muscles… …
9galvanism — galvanizmas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. galvanism vok. Galvanismus, m rus. гальванизм, m pranc. galvanisme, m …
10galvanism — noun Etymology: French or Italian; French galvanisme, from Italian galvanismo, from Luigi Galvani Date: 1797 1. a direct current of electricity especially when produced by chemical action 2. the therapeutic use of direct electric current (as for… …
