GALVANI

Meaning of GALVANI in English

/gahl vah"nee/ , n.

Luigi /looh ee"jee/ , 1737-98, Italian physiologist whose experiments led to the discovery that electricity can result from chemical action.

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GALVANI — Galvani, Luigi npr [1737-1798; discoverer of galvanism]
Interlingua English vocab
GALVANI — biographical name Luigi 1737-1798 Italian physician & physicist
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GALVANI — biographical name Luigi 1737-1798 Italian physician & physicist
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GALVANI — Pronunciation: gal- ' vä-n ē , gäl- Function: biographical name Luigi 1737-1798 Ital. physician & physicist
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GALVANI, LUIGI — born Sept. 9, 1737, Bologna, Papal States died Dec. 4, 1798, Bologna, Cisalpine Republic Italian physician and physicist. His early …
Английский словарь Британика
GALVANI, LUIGI — born Sept. 9, 1737, Bologna, Papal States died Dec. 4, 1798, Bologna, Cisalpine Republic Italian physician and physicist who investigated …
Britannica English vocabulary
GALVANI, LUIGI — born Sept. 9, 1737, Bologna, Papal States died Dec. 4, 1798, Bologna, Cisalpine Republic Italian physician and physicist. His early …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GALVAN — galvan- see Galvani, Luigi
Interlingua English vocab
GALVANISM — noun Etymology: French or Italian; French ~e, from Italian ~o, from Luigi Galvani Date: 1797 a direct current of electricity …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LUIGI — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Boccherini Luigi Rodolfo Cherubini Luigi Carlo Zanobi Salvadore Maria Dallapiccola Luigi Einaudi Luigi Galvani …
Английский словарь Британика
GALVANIZE — ˈgalvəˌnīz transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: French galvaniser, from Luigi Galvani + French -iser -ize 1. a. : to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GALVANISM — ˈgalvəˌnizəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: French or Italian; French galvanisme, from Italian galvanismo, from Luigi Galvani died 1798 Italian …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GALVANIC — (ˈ)gal|vanik, -nēk adjective Etymology: French or Italian; French galvanique, from Italian galvanico, from Luigi Galvani + Italian -ico -ic 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VOLTAISM — (n.) That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, …
Английский словарь Webster
VOLTAISM — ( n. ) That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GALVANIZE — — galvanization , n. — galvanizer , n. /gal"veuh nuyz'/ , v.t., galvanized, galvanizing . 1. to stimulate by or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GALVANISM — /gal"veuh niz'euhm/ , n. 1. Elect. electricity, esp. as produced by chemical action. 2. Med. the therapeutic application of electricity …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GALVANIC — — galvanically , adv. /gal van"ik/ , adj. 1. pertaining to or produced by galvanism; producing or caused by an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GALVANISM — noun Etymology: French or Italian; French galvanisme, from Italian galvanismo, from Luigi Galvani Date: 1797 1. : a direct current …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VOLTAISM — noun that form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, …
Webster English vocab
GALVANIC — [ gal'vanɪk ] ■ adjective 1》 relating to or involving electric currents produced by chemical action. 2》 sudden and dramatic. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
GALVANISM — [gal.va.nism] n [F or It; F galvanisme, fr. It galvanismo, fr. Luigi Galvani] (1797) 1: a direct current of electricity …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIOPHYSICS — discipline concerned with the application of the principles and methods of physics and the other physical sciences to the solution …
Britannica English vocabulary
BIOELECTRICITY — electric potentials and currents produced by or occurring within living organisms. Bioelectric potentials are generated by a variety of biological …
Britannica English vocabulary
VOLTA, ALESSANDRO GIUSEPPE ANTONIO ANASTASIO — born Feb. 18, 1745, Como, Lombardy died March 5, 1827, Como Italian physicist whose invention of the electric battery provided …
Britannica English vocabulary
BOLOGNA — Latin Bononia, city, capital of Bologna province and of Emilia-Romagna region, in northern Italy, north of Florence, between the Reno …
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GALVANIZE — ( BrE also gal·van·ise ) / ˈgælvənaɪz; NAmE / verb [ vn ] 1. galvanize sb (into sth / into …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GALVANIC — / gælˈvænɪk; NAmE / adjective 1. ( technical ) producing an electric current by the action of a chemical on …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GALVANISM — gal ‧ va ‧ nis ‧ m /ˈɡælvənɪz ə m/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GALVANISM — n. hist. 1 electricity produced by chemical action. 2 the use of electricity for medical purposes. øøgalvanist n. [F galvanisme …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GALVANISM — n. hist. 1 electricity produced by chemical action. 2 the use of electricity for medical purposes. galvanist n. [ F …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary

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