galvanic battery

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. battery.

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Etymology

Origin of galvanic battery

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

In a few moments I received a hit on the right arm, which seemed to run along it, and resembled a shock from a galvanic battery.

From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward

She would have fallen instantly, for the impulse that had overcome her weakness was like a shock from a galvanic battery, that moves, and in an instant leaves all dead as before.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various

Imagine a rod of soft iron of any size to be wound with a coil of wire, the ends of the wire to be so left that they may be connected with a galvanic battery.

From The Telephone An Account of the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in Its Action by Dolbear, A. E. (Amos Emerson)

From a galvanic battery and a galvanometer on the ground two insulated copper wires were to extend to the balloon, one connected to the mercury and the other to the clock frame.

From The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments by Multhauf, Robert P.

Jimmy's body stiffened as if a live galvanic battery had been applied to it.

From Death Points a Finger by Levinrew, Will