Galvani

Definition: Galvani

Galvani

Noun

1. Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798).

Date "Galvani" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references)

"Galvani" is a common misspelling or typo for: galvanic, galvanism, galvanize.

Synonym: Galvani

Synonym: Luigi Galvani (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: Galvani potential (electrical engineering, physics).

Crosswords: Galvani

English words defined with "Galvani": Luigi Galvani ♦ Voltaism. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Sapere - Volta e Galvani (1968)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Galvani" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Galvani" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	2	245,945

The following table summarizes the usage of "Galvani" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Galvani	Last name	100	72,736
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expression using "Galvani": Luigi Galvani. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "galvani"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		alvanigay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Galvani": galvanic, galvanically, galvanise, galvanised, galvanises, galvanising, galvanism, galvanisms, galvanization, galvanizations, galvanize, galvanized, galvanizer, galvanizers, galvanizes, galvanizing. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: vaginal.
	Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-l-n-v"
	-1 letter: agnail, gavial, laving, vagina.
	-2 letters: again, alang, algin, align, anvil, avail, avian, lagan, lanai, liana, liang, ligan, linga, naval, nival, vagal, vinal.
	-3 letters: agin, alan, alga, anal, anga, anil, gain, gala, glia, lain, lang, lava, ling, nail, vagi, vail, vain, vang, vial, viga, vina.
	-4 letters: aal, aga, ail, ain, ala, ana, ani, ava, gal, gan, gin, lag, lav, lin, nag, nil, van, via, vig.
	-5 letters: aa, ag, ai, al, an, in, la, li, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-g-i-l-n-v"
	+1 letter: availing, galivant, galvanic.
	+2 letters: galivants, gallivant, galvanise, galvanism, galvanize, navigable, navigably, salvaging, vaginally, valancing, valuating, vulgarian.
	+3 letters: evaluating, galivanted, gallivants, galvanised, galvanises, galvanisms, galvanized, galvanizer, galvanizes, palavering, reavailing, salivating, travailing, unavailing, validating, vulgarians.
	+4 letters: alleviating, autoclaving, avalanching, cavaliering, devaluating, evangelical, galavanting, galivanting, gallivanted, galvanising, galvanizers, galvanizing, laborsaving, revaluating, vacillating, vandalising, vandalizing.
	+5 letters: evangelicals, gallivanting, galvanically, invalidating, navigability, navigational, reevaluating, revalidating, transvaluing, unavailingly, vegetational.
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