Galvani

American  

[gahl-vah-nee] / gɑlˈvɑ ni /

noun

1. Luigi 1737–98, Italian physiologist whose experiments led to the discovery that electricity can result from chemical action.

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Galvani British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

Galvani is not a competitor of Neuralink because its implants under development will be installed in an artery to the spleen to help treat rheumatoid arthritis, rather than the brain.

From Reuters

The term's namesake, Luigi Galvani, believed that galvanism confirmed his theory of a form of energy called "animal electricity" that gives living things their life force.

From Salon

Whatever the exact figures, Galvani says the message that comes out of the new study is clear: “Universal single-payer health care is both economically responsible and morally imperative.”

From Scientific American

Senior author Alison Galvani, also of the Yale School of Public Health, said that asymptomatic individuals can still pass the virus to others, which makes mask-wearing important as schools reopen.

From Washington Post

Galvani's investigations revealed that nerve fibers transmitted “animal electricity,” which is no different in kind from the “atmospheric electricity” that Benjamin Franklin discovered with his kite experiments in Philadelphia in 1752.

From Scientific American