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GALVANISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does galvanisation mean? 

GALVANISATION (noun)
  The noun GALVANISATION has 3 senses:

1. stimulation with a galvanic currentplay

2. stimulation that arouses a person to lively actionplay

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 rustingplay

  Familiarity information: GALVANISATION used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


GALVANISATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Stimulation with a galvanic current

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

galvanisation; galvanization

Hypernyms ("galvanisation" is a kind of...):

stimulation ((physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.))

Derivation:

galvanise (stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Stimulation that arouses a person to lively action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

galvanisation; galvanization

Context example:

the unexpected news produced a kind of galvanization of the whole team

Hypernyms ("galvanisation" is a kind of...):

stimulation (the act of arousing an organism to action)

Derivation:

galvanise (to stimulate to action)


Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

galvanisation; galvanization

Hypernyms ("galvanisation" is a kind of...):

application; coating; covering (the work of applying something)

Derivation:

galvanise (cover with zinc)


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