GALVANIZATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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

Synonyms:

galvanisation; galvanization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

Derivation:

galvanize (cover with zinc)

Meaning:

Stimulation that arouses a person to lively action

Example:

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

Synonyms:

galvanisation; galvanization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

stimulation (the act of arousing an organism to action)

Derivation:

galvanize (to stimulate to action)

Meaning:

Stimulation with a galvanic current

Synonyms:

galvanisation; galvanization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

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

Derivation:

galvanize (stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock)