different between galvanic vs galvanise

English

Etymology

From French galvanique, named after Italian physiologist Luigi Aloisio Galvani (1737–1798) + -ique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æl?væn?k/

Adjective

galvanic (comparative more galvanic, superlative most galvanic)

1. Of or pertaining to galvanism; electric.
2. (by extension) Energetic; vigorous.
   • 2014 April 4, Zachary Woolfe, "Music: How the Centuries Will Play Out," New York Times (retrieved 12 May 2014):

     But the main event may well end up being the performance of Brahms’s galvanic Piano Concerto No. 1, with the exhilarating British pianist Paul Lewis.

3. Of a current that is not alternating, as opposed to faradic.

Synonyms

• galvanical

Derived terms

Related terms

• galvanize

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French galvanique.

Adjective

galvanic m or n (feminine singular galvanic?, masculine plural galvanici, feminine and neuter plural galvanice)

1. galvanic

Declension

English

Pronunciation

Verb

galvanise (third-person singular simple present galvanises, present participle galvanising, simple past and past participle galvanised)

1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of galvanize

Derived terms

• galvanisation

References

• “galvanise”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Gavilanes

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: galvanisent, galvanises

Verb

galvanise

1. first-person singular present indicative of galvaniser
2. third-person singular present indicative of galvaniser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of galvaniser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of galvaniser
5. second-person singular imperative of galvaniser