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GALVANIZATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does galvanization mean?

• GALVANIZATION (noun)
The noun GALVANIZATION 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: GALVANIZATION used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• GALVANIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Stimulation with a galvanic current

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

galvanisation; galvanization

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

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

Sense 2

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

stimulation (the act of arousing an organism to action)

Sense 3

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

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

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