galvanic /ɡælˈvænɪk/ adjective3 •Of or pertaining to galvanism; electric.[S]he was quivering like a galvanic battery with the suppressed force of some powerful emotion. — 1871 •Of a current that is not alternating, as opposed to faradic.Physicians used galvanic currents, which required only a galvanic power source, and faradic treatments, which utilized an "alternating" induction coil. — 2005 •Energetic; vigorous.Whether the town existed during Mr. Tapley's time I have not been able to learn. . . . At that moment a galvanic motion had been pumped into it by the war movements of General Halleck. — 1862 formsmore galvanic · most galvanic