单词 | galvanic battery |
释义 | > as lemmasgalvanic battery a. Of, pertaining to, or produced by galvinism. galvanic battery, an apparatus constructed for the production of galvanic electricity. galvanic belt, a belt containing a galvanic apparatus to be worn round the body for therapeutic purposes. galvanic electricity = galvanism n. galvanic pile, a ‘pile’ (see quot. 18021) for the production of galvanic electricity. galvanic skin response (or reflex), the rapid variation in the electrical conductivity of the skin as a measure of the effect of an emotional stimulus on autonomic activity. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > galvanism, voltaism > [adjective] galvanic1797 galvanistical1816 voltaic1820 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 348 The acrid humour which the Galvanic irritation would produce. 1801 Philos. Mag. 10 93 He [sc. Cruickshank] employs a galvanic battery of his own invention. 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 524 The Galvanic pile of Volta..consisted of thirty pieces of silver, and as many of zinc..with pieces of cloth that were dipped in a saturated solution of common salt. 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 553 The Galvanic belt is an electrical apparatus, constantly in action as long as it is worn. 1803 C. Lamb Let. 16 July in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1976) II. 120 Tis a gentle ghost, and in this Galvanic age it may have a chance. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iv. 58 Perhaps the ocean serves as a galvanic battery to distribute acids at one pole, and alkalies at the other. 1869 W. P. Mackay Grace & Truth (1875) 238 The movements in Christian service of an unconverted man are the galvanic movements of a corpse. 1927 C. W. Darrow in Jrnl. Exper. Psychol. 10 197 Employing the term galvanic skin reflex (galvanische Hautreflex) because it is less misleading than the term psychogalvanic reflex. 1962 Listener 19 Apr. 691/2 With special instruments you can measure electrical changes in the skin when a person is emotionally upset or aroused, changes which we call the galvanic skin response, and which are made use of in the so-called ‘lie detector’. < as lemmas |
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