different between galvanic vs electrolysis

English

Etymology

From French galvanique, named after Italian physiologist Luigi Aloisio Galvani (1737–1798) + -ique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æl?væn?k/

Adjective

galvanic (comparative more galvanic, superlative most galvanic)

1. Of or pertaining to galvanism; electric.
2. (by extension) Energetic; vigorous.
   • 2014 April 4, Zachary Woolfe, "Music: How the Centuries Will Play Out," New York Times (retrieved 12 May 2014):

     But the main event may well end up being the performance of Brahms’s galvanic Piano Concerto No. 1, with the exhilarating British pianist Paul Lewis.

3. Of a current that is not alternating, as opposed to faradic.

Synonyms

• galvanical

Derived terms

Related terms

• galvanize

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French galvanique.

Adjective

galvanic m or n (feminine singular galvanic?, masculine plural galvanici, feminine and neuter plural galvanice)

1. galvanic

Declension

English

Etymology

Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday. From electro- +? -lysis (“a loosening”). Originally of tumors, later (1909) of hair removal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l?k?t??l?s?s/
• Rhymes: -?l?s?s

Noun

electrolysis (countable and uncountable, plural electrolyses)

1. (chemistry) the chemical change produced by passing an electric current through a conducting solution or a molten salt.
2. The destruction of hair roots by means of an electric current.

Related terms

• electrolytic
• electrolyze

Translations

See also

• electroplating