galton
— Noun
– English
~ English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, and anthropology; founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911)
Galtonia candicans
— Noun
– English
~ southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers
Galvani
— Noun
– English
~ Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798)
galvanic
— Adjective
– English
~ affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling; "gave an electric reading of the play"; "the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale"
galvanic
— Adjective
– English
~ pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action; "a galvanic cell"; "a voltaic (or galvanic) couple"
galvanic battery
— Noun
– English
~ battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel