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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 current
2. stimulation that arouses a person to lively action
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
Familiarity information: GALVANISATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
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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