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galosh
  • n  a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
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galton
  • n  English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, and anthropology; founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911)
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galtonia candicans
  • n  southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers
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galvani
  • n  Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798)
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galvanic battery
  • n  battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel
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galvanic cell
  • n  an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy; cannot be recharged
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galvanic pile
  • n  battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
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galvanic skin response
  • n  a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety; can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body
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galvanisation
  • n  stimulation with a galvanic current
  • n  stimulation that arouses a person to lively action
  • n  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
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galvaniser
  • n  a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc
  • n  a leader who stimulates and excites people to action
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galvanism
  • n  electricity produced by chemical action
  • n  the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)
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