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galvanization

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of galvanizing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: galvanisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: application, coating, covering

3

noun

Meaning 3

stimulation that arouses a person to lively action

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the unexpected news produced a kind of galvanization of the whole team

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: galvanisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stimulation

4

noun

Meaning 4

stimulation with a galvanic current

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: galvanisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stimulation

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English galvanize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English galvanization From galvanize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: галваниза́ция (galvanizácija) — the process of galvanizing
  • Catalan: galvanització — the process of galvanizing
  • Czech: galvanizace — the process of galvanizing
  • Dutch: galvanisering — the process of galvanizing
  • Finnish: galvanisaatio — the process of galvanizing
  • French: galvanisation — the process of galvanizing
  • Galician: galvanización — the process of galvanizing
  • German: Galvanisierung — the process of galvanizing
  • Greek: γαλβανισμός (galvanismós) — the process of galvanizing
  • Greek: επιψευδαργύρωση (epipsevdargýrosi) — the process of galvanizing
  • Irish: galbhánú — the process of galvanizing
  • Irish: miotalú leictreach — the process of galvanizing
  • Italian: galvanizzazione — the process of galvanizing
  • Latvian: galvanizācija — the process of galvanizing
  • Macedonian: галваниза́ција (galvanizácija) — the process of galvanizing
  • Occitan: galvanizacion — the process of galvanizing
  • Polish: galwanizacja — the process of galvanizing
  • Polish: galwanizowanie — the process of galvanizing
  • Portuguese: galvanização — the process of galvanizing
  • Russian: гальваниза́ция (galʹvanizácija) — the process of galvanizing
  • Slovak: galvanizácia — the process of galvanizing
  • Spanish: galvanización — the process of galvanizing
  • Swedish: galvanisering — the process of galvanizing