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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. stimulation with a galvanic current;
[syn: galvanization, galvanisation]

2. stimulation that arouses a person to lively action;
- Example: "the unexpected news produced a kind of galvanization of the whole team"
[syn: galvanization, galvanisation]

3. either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting;
[syn: galvanization, galvanisation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Galvanization \Gal"va*niza`tion\, n. The act of process of galvanizing. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

galvanization n 1: stimulation with a galvanic current [syn: galvanization, galvanisation] 2: stimulation that arouses a person to lively action; "the unexpected news produced a kind of galvanization of the whole team" [syn: galvanization, galvanisation] 3: either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting [syn: galvanization, galvanisation]