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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Galvani

Last month Ms. Galvani and her colleagues updated their study, replete with the same scorekeeping tricks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

His other honors include the Galvani Prize of the Bio-electrochemical Society, the Humboldt Prize, the Feynman Prize, and the Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Prize, the Perkin prize in physical organic chemistry.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2023

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 ● Jun. 5, 2023

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 ● Oct. 30, 2022

Before the cook came after the frogs, Galvani kept on showing the electric machine to his students, and sending sparks through it.

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