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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

In obscure cases, quinine, sodium salicylate, arsenic, pilocarpine, atropia, potassium bromide, calcium chloride, and ichthyol are to be variously tried; general galvanization is at times useful, as is also a change of scene and climate.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman




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