galvanize

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (broadly, dated, transitive) To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means.
  2. (broadly, dated, transitive, usually) To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means.
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock.
  4. (archaic, transitive) To electrify, as by galvanism.
  5. (US, historical, transitive) To switch sides between Union and Confederate in the American Civil War.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈɡælvənaɪ̯z/
Etymologie (Engels)

From French galvaniser, from galvanisme, named after Italian physiologist Luigi Aloisio Galvani (1737–1798). By surface analysis, galvano- + -ize.

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