2. To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of electricity.
3. To restore to consciousness by galvanic action (as from a state of suspended animation); hence, to
stimulate or excite to a factitious animation or activity.
4. To coat, as iron, with zinc. See Galvanized iron.
Galvanized iron,
formerly, iron coated with zink by electrical deposition; now more commonly, iron coated
with zink by plunging into a bath of melted zink, after its surface has been cleaned by friction with the
aid of dilute acid.
Galvanizer
(Gal"va*ni`zer) n. One who, or that which, galvanize.
Galvanocaustic
(Gal*van`o*caus"tic) a. [Galvanic + caustic.] Relating to the use of galvanic heat as a
caustic, especially in medicine.
Galvanocautery
(Gal*van`o*cau"ter*y) n. (Med.) Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the
passage of a galvanic current.
Galvanoglyphy
(Gal`va*nog"ly*phy) n. [Galvanic + Gr. to engrave.] Same as Glyphography.
Galvanograph
(Gal*van"o*graph) n. [Galvanic + -graph.] (Engraving) A copperplate produced by the
method of galvanography; also, a picture printed from such a plate.
Galvanographic
(Gal*van`o*graph"ic) a. Of or pertaining to galvanography.
Galvanography
(Gal`va*nog"ra*phy) n. [Galvanic + -graphy.]
1. The art or process of depositing metals by electricity; electrotypy.
2. A method of producing by means of electrotyping process (without etching) copperplates which can
be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates.