Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That branch of electrical science which discusses the production of an electric current by the chemical action between dissimilar metals immersed in a liquid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
galvanism
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[volta(ic) + –ism.]
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Examples
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It rippled over and through him like an electrical voltaism, making his body rigid, stiffening what had seemed to be fat into muscle, tensing his hands until they knotted themselves slowly into fists.
The Valley of Silent Men James Oliver Curwood 1903
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