galvanic
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɡælˈvænɪk/
Adjective

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.
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