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galvanization

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[gal-vuhn-uh-zay-shuhn, -ahy-zay-shuhn] / ˌgæl vən əˈzeɪ ʃən, -aɪˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of galvanizing.


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Generally speaking, mass galvanization requires, at bare minimum, a shared understanding of reality and what that reality means.

From Slate Dec. 22, 2025

We saw last summer the spontaneous galvanization of an intergenerational multiracial, multiethnic movement in response to police violence and in response to other inequities in our society.

From Washington Post Nov. 18, 2021

Iron and other metals may also be protected from corrosion by galvanization, a process in which the metal to be protected is coated with a layer of a more readily oxidized metal, usually zinc.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

He tracks every step of this galvanization process — from the caldron’s 865-degree temperature to the line speed — on a bank of flashing screens.

From New York Times May 11, 2017

I am not going to raise here the vexed question in physiological electricity as to the possibility of a galvanization the effects of which shall be accurately limited to the sympathetic.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.

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