the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to galvanism, or current electricity as produced by a chemical battery (see electricity): same as voltaic, a word in more common use.
Spasmodic, like the movements of a limb produced by a current of electricity: as, a galvanic start.
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adj. affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
adj. pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action
Word Usage
"If we take, for example, sulphuric acid and zinc and make what we call a galvanic battery, we see that from two chemical substances a third — a salt — is made in addition to which we have a peculiar energy produced called electricity."