galvanization

2 definitions found

galvanization - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Galvanization \Gal"va*niza`tion\, n.
     The act of process of galvanizing.
     [1913 Webster]

galvanization - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  galvanization
      n 1: stimulation with a galvanic current [syn: galvanization,
           galvanisation]
      2: stimulation that arouses a person to lively action; "the
         unexpected news produced a kind of galvanization of the whole
         team" [syn: galvanization, galvanisation]
      3: 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 [syn: galvanization, galvanisation]