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galvanization (n.)

1798, formed as a noun of state to go with the vocabulary of galvanism; perhaps immediately from French galvanisation (1797 in the "Annales de chimie et de physique").

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galvanism (n.)
"electricity produced by chemical action," 1797, from French galvanisme or Italian galvanismo, from Luigi Galvani (1737-1798), professor of anatomy at Bologna, who discovered it c. 1792 while running currents through the legs of dead frogs.

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Definitions of galvanization from WordNet

galvanization (n.)
stimulation with a galvanic current;
Synonyms: galvanisation
galvanization (n.)
stimulation that arouses a person to lively action;
the unexpected news produced a kind of galvanization of the whole team
Synonyms: galvanisation
galvanization (n.)
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
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