From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
galvanic
adj 1: pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical
action; "a galvanic cell"; "a voltaic (or galvanic)
couple" [syn: voltaic]
2: affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling; "gave
an electric reading of the play"; "the new leader had a
galvanic effect on morale" [syn: electric,
galvanizing, galvanising]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Galvanic \Gal*van"ic\, a. [From Galvani, a professor of
physiology at Bologna, on account of his connection (about
1780) with the discovery of dynamical or current electricity:
cf. F. galvanique.]
Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of,
galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents.
[1913 Webster]
Galvanic battery (Elec.), an apparatus for generating
electrical currents by the mutual action of certain
liquids and metals; -- now usually called {voltaic
battery}. See Battery.
Galvanic circuit or Galvanic circle. (Elec.) See under
Circuit.
Galvanic pile (Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under
Voltaic.
[1913 Webster]