Galvani

[ gahl-vah-nee ]

noun
  1. Lu·i·gi [loo-ee-jee], /luˈi dʒi/, 1737–98, Italian physiologist whose experiments led to the discovery that electricity can result from chemical action.

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How to use Galvani in a sentence

  • Volta actually made this battery, then known as the Voltaic Pile, but he made it because of Galvani's discovery.

    Steam Steel and Electricity | James W. Steele
  • The wife of Galvani, who was present, was surprised to observe that every time he did so the limbs of the frogs moved as if alive.

  • Galvani, a professor of anatomy in the university of Bologna, was one day making experiments on electricity.

  • As in the case of Galvani's frog, the laughable occurrences that you refuse to believe reveal the existence of new unknown forces.

    Mysterious Psychic Forces | Camille Flammarion
  • Galvani did not know that he had discovered a new source of electricity.

    The Story of Great Inventions | Elmer Ellsworth Burns

British Dictionary definitions for Galvani

Galvani

/ (Italian ɡalˈvaːni) /


noun
  1. Luigi (luˈiːdʒi). 1737–98, Italian physiologist: observed that muscles contracted on contact with dissimilar metals. This led to the galvanic cell and the electrical theory of muscle control by nerves

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