Noun: galvanisation ,gal-vu-nu'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,gal-vu-nI'zey-shun [Brit]
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: galvanization)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: galvanization)
- Stimulation with a galvanic current
"The galvanisation treatment was used to stimulate muscle activity in the patient's leg";
- galvanization
- Stimulation that arouses a person to lively action
"the unexpected news produced a kind of galvanisation of the whole team";
- galvanization
- 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
"galvanisation of the steel beams increased their resistance to corrosion";
- galvanization
Derived forms: galvanisations
Type of: application, coating, covering, stimulation
Encyclopedia: Galvanisation