galvanic battery

noun

, Electricity.

1. battery ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of galvanic battery¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

I was set trembling all over by a violent shock—just as though I had touched a galvanic battery.

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In fixing a pie crust his fingers touched hers, and he started as if he had touched a galvanic battery.

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But it didn't matter—it was only about whether the return of memory had or had not been due to the galvanic battery on the pier.

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He was quite like himself before that unfortunate little galvanic battery upset everything.

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Not so her daughter, who, with Sally as guardian and dolly as ward, is awaiting the arrival of the party at the galvanic battery.

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