Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Galvanic \Gal*van"ic\, a. [From Galvani, a professor of
   physiology at Bologna, on account of his connection (about
   1780) with the discovery of dynamical or current electricity:
   cf. F. galvanique.]
   Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of,
   galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents.

   {Galvanic battery} (Elec.), an apparatus for generating
      electrical currents by the mutual action of certain
      liquids and metals; -- now usually called {voltaic
      battery}. See {Battery}.

   {Galvanic} {circuit or circle}. (Elec.) See under {Circuit}.
      

   {Galvanic pile} (Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under
      {Voltaic}.

Source : WordNet®

galvanic battery
     n : battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in
         series or parallel [syn: {voltaic battery}]