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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action;
- Example: "a galvanic cell"
- Example: "a voltaic (or galvanic) couple"
[syn: voltaic, galvanic]

2. affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling;
- Example: "gave an electric reading of the play"
- Example: "the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale"
[syn: electric, galvanic, galvanizing, galvanising]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Galvanic \Gal*van"ic\, a. [From Galvani, a professor of
   physiology at Bologna, on account of his connection (about
   1780) with the discovery of dynamical or current electricity:
   cf. F. galvanique.]
   Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of,
   galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents.
   [1913 Webster]

   Galvanic battery (Elec.), an apparatus for generating
      electrical currents by the mutual action of certain
      liquids and metals; -- now usually called voltaic
      battery. See Battery.

   Galvanic circuit or Galvanic circle. (Elec.) See under
      Circuit.

   Galvanic pile (Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under
      Voltaic.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

galvanic
    adj 1: pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical
           action; "a galvanic cell"; "a voltaic (or galvanic)
           couple" [syn: voltaic, galvanic]
    2: affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling; "gave an
       electric reading of the play"; "the new leader had a galvanic
       effect on morale" [syn: electric, galvanic,
       galvanizing, galvanising]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

76 Moby Thesaurus words for "galvanic":
   agitating, alluring, battery-powered, breathtaking, challenging,
   charged, cliff-hanging, disquieting, distracting, disturbing,
   dynamoelectric, electric, electric-powered, electrified,
   electrifying, electrochemical, electrodynamic, electrokinetic,
   electromechanical, electrometric, electromotive, electropneumatic,
   electrostatic, electrothermal, encouraging, energizing, exciting,
   exhilarating, galvanizing, galvanometric, heady, heart-expanding,
   heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, hydroelectric,
   impressive, inflammatory, intoxicating, inviting, jarring, jolting,
   maddening, mind-blowing, moving, overcoming, overmastering,
   overpowering, overwhelming, perturbing, photoelectric,
   piezoelectric, piquant, prompting, provocative, provoking,
   ravishing, rousing, soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, static,
   stimulant, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, striking,
   suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, thrilling, thrilly,
   troubling, unsettling, upsetting, voltaic