galvanic battery

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. battery.

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Etymology

Origin of galvanic battery

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

In short, it was a sort of glorified travesty of a galvanic battery.

From Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. by Hill, J. Arthur

But chemical action, as in the galvanic battery, produces a still more energetic and uninterrupted current.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward

Cathode, kath-ōd′, n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery, as opposed to anode: the surface in contact with the negative pole: the object to be coated in electroplating—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

A speaker must be, as Mr. Shepard insists, an animal galvanic battery on two legs.

From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Wells, Amos R.

The science of electricity and magnetism could only advance by getting regular supplies of electricity from the common electric machine or the galvanic battery and by making powerful electromagnets.

From How We Think by Dewey, John