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galvanization

[gal-vuhn-uh-zay-shuhn, -ahy-zay-shuhn] / ˌgæl vən əˈzeɪ ʃən, -aɪˈzeɪ ʃən /


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Generally speaking, mass galvanization requires, at bare minimum, a shared understanding of reality and what that reality means.

From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025

We saw last summer the spontaneous galvanization of an intergenerational multiracial, multiethnic movement in response to police violence and in response to other inequities in our society.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021

Iron and other metals may also be protected from corrosion by galvanization, a process in which the metal to be protected is coated with a layer of a more readily oxidized metal, usually zinc.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

He tracks every step of this galvanization process — from the caldron’s 865-degree temperature to the line speed — on a bank of flashing screens.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2017

Accordingly, I discontinued my previous practice of spinal galvanization in this disease, and had recourse to the baths in almost every case that applied to me for treatment.

From The Electric Bath by George M. Schweig




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