different between chemical vs galvanism

English

Etymology

chemic (“alchemy”) +? -al (“related to”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?m'?k-?l, IPA^(key): /?k?m?k?l/
• Rhymes: -?m?k?l

Adjective

chemical (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to chemistry.

2. Of or relating to a material or processes not commonly found in nature or in a particular product.
3. (obsolete) Of or relating to alchemy.

Derived terms

• technochemical

Translations

Further reading

• Chemistry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

chemical (plural chemicals)

1. (chemistry, sciences) Any specific chemical element or chemical compound or alloy.

2. (colloquial) An artificial chemical compound.

3. (slang) An addictive drug.

Usage notes

• The noun is frequently used in a slang and more specific non-technical way (2nd and 3rd definition) by the general public. Chemists and those who understand chemistry may gravitate toward the first, but the term "substance" is preferred usage.

Derived terms

Translations

Related terms

• alchemical
• chemist
• chemistry

See also

• molecule
• reagent

Anagrams

• Michalec, alchemic

English

Etymology

From French galvanisme, after physiologist Luigi Alyisio Galvani (1737–1798) + -isme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ælv??n?z?m/

Noun

galvanism (usually uncountable, plural galvanisms)

1. The chemical generation of electricity.
2. The therapeutic use of electricity.
   • 1892, Journal of electrotherapeutics: Volume 10

     Erb and Remak in Germany, Beard and Rockwell and Althans in America, have used it with advantage, in the forms of galvanisms and faradisms, in the treatment of joint troubles.

Translations

See also

• galvanic
• galvanical
• galvanically

References

• OED2

Romanian

Etymology

From French galvanisme

Noun

galvanism n (uncountable)

1. galvanism

Declension