galvanization

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

galvanization
    n 1: stimulation with a galvanic current [syn: {galvanization},
         {galvanisation}]
    2: stimulation that arouses a person to lively action; "the
       unexpected news produced a kind of galvanization of the whole
       team" [syn: {galvanization}, {galvanisation}]
    3: either the work of covering with metal by the use of a
       galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect
       it from rusting [syn: {galvanization}, {galvanisation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Galvanization \Gal"va*niza`tion\, n.
   The act of process of galvanizing.
   [1913 Webster]