List of forms of electricity named after scientists

This is a list of forms of electricity named after scientists. The terms in this list are mostly archaic usages but are found in many 19th and early 20th-century publications.

Adjectives

faradic

Of electricity that is alternating, especially when obtained from an induction coil. Named after Michael Faraday who built the first electromagnetic generator.^[1]

galvanic

Of electricity that is not alternating. Named after Luigi Galvani.^[2]

voltaic

Of electricity derived from an electrochemical cell or battery. Named after Alessandro Volta who built the first battery, the voltaic pile. In most contexts it can be considered a synonym of galvanic.^[3]

Nouns (applications)

Faradization

Electrotherapy treatment of a person with faradic electricity. Coined by Duchenne de Boulogne and named after Michael Faraday.^[4]

Franklinization

Electrotherapy by charging a person to high voltage with static electricity. Named after Benjamin Franklin.^[5]

d'Arsonvalization

Electrotherapy treatment of a person with high frequency electricity. Named after Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval.^[6]

Nouns (forms)

Faradism

Faradic electricity^[7]

Franklinism

High voltage static electricity as used in Franklinization^[8]

Galvanism

Originally, voltaic electricity, but can also be used to distinguish Galvani's animal electricity from Volta's chemical/metal contact electricity