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1. action, local
(a) The wasteful oxydation of the zinc in a galvanic battery due to local impurities and variations in the composition of the zinc. These act to constitute local galvanic couples which cause the zinc to dissolve or oxydize, without any useful result. Amalgamation of the zinc prevents local action. Chemically pure zinc is also exempt from local action, and can be used in an acid battery without amalgamation. (See Amalgamation.)

(b) The same term has been employed to indicate the eddy or foucault currents in dynamo electric machines. (Sec Current, Foucault.)

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