Definition that contains galv
- zinc a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
- galveston a town in southeast Texas on Galveston Island
- zn a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
- galveston island an island at the entrance of Galveston Bay
- radiation pyrometer a pyrometer for estimating the temperature of distant sources of heat; radiation is focussed on a thermojunction connected in circuit with a galvanometer
- galvanisation stimulation with a galvanic current
- chicken wire a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh; used to build fences
- luigi galvani Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798)
- trinity river a river in eastern Texas that is formed near Dallas and flows generally southeastward to Galveston Bay
- atomic number 30 a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende