'Galvanism' definitions:
Definition of 'galvanism'
(from WordNet)
noun
Electricity produced by chemical action
noun
The therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) [syn: electrotherapy, galvanism, electric healing, electrical healing]
Definition of 'Galvanism'
From: GCIDE
- Galvanism \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 elecricity, or the properties and effects of electrical currents. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The words galvanism and galvanic, formerly in very general use, are now rarely employed. For the latter, voltaic, from the name of Volta, is commonly used. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'galvanism'
From: GCIDE
- 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; -- called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals. [1913 Webster]