Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 13
Electant (n.) One who has the power of choosing; an elector.
Electary (n.) See Electuary.
Electic (a.) See Eclectic.
Electicism (n.) See {Eclecticism}.
Compare: Eclecticism
Eclecticism (n.) See {Electic}.
Eclecticism (n.) See {Eclecticism}.
Eclecticism (n.) 折衷派；折衷主義；折衷說 Theory or practice of an electic.
Eclecticism (n.) Making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style [syn: {eclecticism}, {eclectic method}].
Election (n.) 選舉；當選 [U] [C] The act of choosing; choice; selection.
Election (n.) The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor.
Corruption in elections is the great enemy of freedom. -- J. Adams.
Election (a.) Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.
"By his own election led to ill." -- Daniel.
Election (a.) Discriminating choice; discernment. [Obs.]
To use men with much difference and election is good. -- Bacon.
Election (a.) (Theol.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five points" of Calvinism.
There is a remnant according to the election of grace. -- Rom. xi. 5.
Election (a.) (Law) The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.
Election (a.) Those who are elected. [Obs.]
The election hath obtained it. -- Rom. xi. 7.
{To contest an election}. See under {Contest}.
{To make one's election}, To choose.
He has made his election to walk, in the main, in the old paths. -- Fitzed. Hall.
Election (n.) A vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight".
Election (n.) The act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession".
Election (n.) The status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election".
Election (n.) The predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists).
Election (n.) This term, in its most usual acceptation, signifies the choice which several persons collectively make of a person to fill an office or place. In another sense, it means the choice which is made by a person having the right, of selecting one of two alternative contracts or rights. Elections, then, are of men or things.
Election (n.) Of men. These are either public elections, or elections by companies or corporations.
Election (n.) Public elections. These should be free and uninfluenced either by hope or fear. They are, therefore, generally made by ballot, except those by persons in their representative capacities, which are viva voce. And to render this freedom as perfect as possible, electors are generally exempted from arrest in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach of the peace, during their attendance on election, and in going to and returning from them. And provisions are made by law, in several states, to prevent the interference or appearance of the military on the election ground.
Election (n.) One of the cardinal principles on the subject of elections is, that the person who receives a majority or plurality of votes is the person elected. Generally a plurality of the votes of the electors present is sufficient; but in some states a majority of all the votes is required. Each elector has one vote.
Election (n.) Elections by corporations or companies are made by the members, in such a way its their respective constitutions or charters direct. It is usual in these cases to vote a greater or lesser number of votes in proportion as the voter has a greater or less amount of the stock of the company or corporation, if such corporation or company be a pecuniary institution. And the members are frequently permitted to vote by proxy. See 7 John. 287; 9 John. 147; 5 Cowen, 426; 7 Cowen, 153; 8 Cowen, 387; 6 Wend. 509; 1 Wend. 98.
Election (n.) The election of things. 1. In contracts, when a; debtor is obliged, in an alternative obligation, to do one of two things, as to pay one hundred dollars or deliver one hundred bushels of wheat, he has the choice to do the one or the other, until the time of payment; he has not the choice, however, to pay a part in each. Poth. Obl. part 2, c. 3, art. 6, No. 247; 11 John. 59. Or, if a man sell or agree to deliver one of two articles, as a horse or an ox, he has the election till the time of delivery; it being a rule that "in case an election be given of two several things, always be, which is the first agent, and which ought to do the first act, shall have the election." Co. Litt. 145, a; 7 John. 465; 2 Bibb, R. 171. On the failure of the person who has the right to make his election in proper time, the right passes to the opposite party. Co. Litt. 145, a; Viner, Abr. Election, B, C; Poth. Obl. No. 247; Bac. Ab. h.t. B; 1 Desaus. 460; Hopk. R. 337. It is a maxim of law, that an election once made and pleaded, the party is concluded, electio semel facta, et placitum testatum, non patitur regressum. Co. Litt. 146; 11 John. 241.
Election (n.) Courts of equity have adopted the principle, that a person shall not be permitted to claim under any instrument, whether it be a deed or will, without giving full effect to it, in every respect, so far as such person is concerned. This doctrine is called into exercise when a testator gives what does not belong to him, but to some other person, and gives, to that person some estate of his own; by virtue of which gift a condition is implied, either that he shall part with his own estate or shall not take the bounty. 9 Ves. 515; 10 Ves. 609; 13 Ves. 220. In such a case, equity will not allow the first legatee to, insist upon that by which he would deprive another legatee under the same will of the benefit to which he would be entitled, if the first legatee permitted the whole will to operate, and therefore compels him to make his election between his right independent of the will, and the benefit under it. This principle of equity does not give the disappointed legatee the right to detain the thing itself, but gives a right to compensation out of something else. 2 Rop. Leg. 378, c. 23, s. 1. In order to impose upon a party, claiming under a will, the obligation of making an election, the intention of the testator must be expressed, or clearly implied in the will itself, in two respects; first, to dispose of that which is not his own; and, secondly, that the person taking the benefit under the will should, take under the condition of giving effect thereto. 6 Dow. P. C. 179; 13 Ves. 174; 15 Ves. 390; 1 Bro. C. C. 492; 3 Bro. C. C. 255; 3 P. Wms. 315; 1 Ves. jr. 172, 335; S. C. 2 Ves. jr. 367, 371; 3 Ves. jr. 65; Amb. 433; 3 Bro. P. C. by Toml. 277; 1 B. & Beat. 1; 1 McClel. R. 424, 489, 541. See, generally, on this doctrine, Roper's Legacies, c. 23; and the learned notes of Mr. Swanston to the case Dillon v. Parker, 1 Swanst. R. 394, 408; Com. Dig. Appendix, tit. Election; 3 Desaus. R. 504; 8 Leigh, R. 389; Jacob, R. 505; 1 Clark & Fin. 303; 1 Sim. R. 105; 13 Price, R. 607; 1 McClel. R. 439; 1 Y. & C. 66; 2 Story, Eq. Jur. Sec. 1075 to 1135; Domat, Lois Civ. liv. 4, tit. 2, Sec. 3, art. 3, 4, 5; Poth. Pand. lib. 30, t. 1, n. 125; Inst. 2, 20, 4; Dig. 30, 1, 89, 7.
Election (n.) There are many other cases where a party may be compelled to make an election, which it does not fall within the plan of this work to consider. The reader will easily inform himself by examining the works above referred to.
Election (n.) The law frequently gives several forms of action to the injured party, to enable him to recover his rights. To make a proper election of the proper remedy is of great importance. To enable the practitioner to make the best election, Mr. Chitty, in his valuable Treatise on Pleadings, p. 207, et seq., has very ably examined the subject, and given rules for forming a correct judgment; as his work is in the hands of every member of the profession, a reference to it here is all that is deemed necessary to say on this subject. See also, Hammond on Parties to Actions; Brown's Practical Treatise on Actions at Law, in the 45th vol. of the Law Library; U. S. Dig. Actions IV.
Electionered (imp. & p. p.) of Electioneer.
Electioneering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Electioneer.
Electioneer (v. i.) To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate.
Electioneerer (n.) One who electioneers.
Elective (n.) 【美】選修課程 In an American college, an optional study or course of study; a course that is not required. [Colloq.]
Elective (a.) 選舉的；選修的 Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act.
Elective (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral.
The independent use of their elective franchise. -- Bancroft.
Elective (a.) Bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective office.
Kings of Rome were at first elective; . . . for such are the conditions of an elective kingdom. -- Dryden.
Elective (a.) Dependent on choice; that can be refused; as, an elective college course. Opposite of {required} or {mandatory}.
{Elective affinity} or {Elective attraction} (Chem.), A tendency to unite with certain things; chemism.
Elective (a.) Subject to popular election; "elective official" [syn: {elective}, {elected}] [ant: {appointed}, {appointive}].
Elective (a.) Not compulsory; "elective surgery"; "an elective course of study".
Elective (n.) A course that the student can select from among alternatives [syn: {elective course}, {elective}].
Electively (adv.) In an elective manner; by choice.
Elector (n.) [C] 選舉人；【美】總統選舉人 One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor of a candidate for office.
Elector (n.) Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote.
Elector (n.) In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.
Elector (n.) One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President.
Elector (a.) Pertaining to an election or to electors.
In favor of the electoral and other princes. -- Burke.
{Electoral college}, The body of princes formerly entitled to elect the Emperor of Germany; also, a name sometimes given, in the United States, to the body of electors chosen by the people to elect the President and Vice President.
Elector (n.) A citizen who has a legal right to vote [syn: {voter}, {elector}].
Elector (n.) Any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Elector (n.) One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.
Elector (n.) Government. One who has the right to make choice of public officers one, who has a right to vote.
Elector (n.) The qualifications of electors are generally the same as those required in the person to be elected; to this, however, there is one exception; a naturalized citizen may be an elector of president of the United States, although he could not constitutionally be elected to that office.
Elector (n.) [C] 選民；有選舉權的人 A person who votes.
// In this election many 18-year-olds will become electors for the first time.
Electorality (n.) The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate.
Electorate (n.) The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.
Electorate (n.) The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or division of them.
Electorate (n.) [C usually singular, + sing./ pl. verb] 全體選民 All the people who are allowed to vote.
// The present voting system distorts the wished of the electorate.
Electoress (n.) An electress.
Electorial (a.) Electoral.
Electorship (n.) The office or status of an elector.
Electre (n.) Alt. of Electer.
Electer (n.) Amber. See {Electrum}. [Obs.]
Electer (n.) A metallic substance compounded of gold and silver; an alloy. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Electrepeter (n.) 交換者；【電】換向器；整流器 An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator.
Electress (n.) 女選舉人；（神聖羅馬帝國）選舉侯之夫人（或遺孀） The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire. -- Burke. Electric
Electric (a.) Alt. of Electrical.
Electrical (a.) 電的；導電的；發電的 [Z] [B]；用電的；電動的 [Z]；令人震驚的；極其強烈的 Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark.
Electrical (a.) Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance.
Electrical (a.) Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. "Electric Pindar." -- Mrs. Browning.
Electrical (a.) Powered by electricity; as, electrical appliances; an electric toothbrush; an electric automobile.
{Electric atmosphere}, or {Electric aura}. See under {Aura}.
{Electrical battery}. See {Battery}.
{Electrical brush}. See under {Brush}.
{Electric cable}. See {Telegraph cable}, under {Telegraph}.
{Electric candle}. See under {Candle}.
{Electric cat} (Zo["o]l.), One of three or more large species of African catfish of the genus {Malapterurus} (esp. {M. electricus} of the Nile). They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also {sheathfish}.
{Electric clock}. See under {Clock}, and see {Electro-chronograph}.
{Electric current}, A current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing by means of conductors from one body to another which is in a different electrical state.
{Electric eel}, or {Electrical eel} (Zo["o]l.), A South American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus {Gymnotus} ({G. electricus}), from two to five feet in length, capable of giving a violent electric shock. See {Gymnotus}.
{Electrical fish} (Zo["o]l.), Any fish which has an electrical organ by means of which it can give an electrical shock. The best known kinds are the {torpedo}, the {gymnotus}, or {electrical eel}, and the {electric cat}. See {Torpedo}, and {Gymnotus}.
{Electric fluid}, The supposed matter of electricity; lightning. [archaic]
{Electrical image} (Elec.), A collection of electrical points regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena, an image of certain other electrical points, and used in the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson.
{Electric machine}, or {Electrical machine}, An apparatus for generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by friction.
{Electric motor}. See {Electro-motor}, 2.
{Electric osmose}. (Physics) See under {Osmose}.
{Electric pen}, A hand pen for making perforated stencils for multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the penhandle.
{Electric railway}, A railway in which the machinery for moving the cars is driven by an electric current.
{Electric ray} (Zo["o]l.), The torpedo.
{Electric telegraph}. See {Telegraph}.
Electric (n.) (Physics) A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.
Electric (a.) Using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity; "electric current"; "electric wiring"; "electrical appliances"; "an electrical storm" [syn: {electric}, {electrical}].
Electric (a.) (Of a situation) Exceptionally tense; "an atmosphere electric with suspicion".
Electric (a.) Affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling; "gave an electric reading of the play"; "the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale" [syn: {electric}, {galvanic}, {galvanizing}, {galvanising}].
Electric (n.) A car that is powered by electricity [syn: {electric}, {electric automobile}, {electric car}].
Electrically (adv.) 用電力；有關電地 In the manner of electricity, or by means of it; thrillingly.
Electrically (adv.) By electricity; "electrically controlled".
Electricalness (a.) The state or quality of being electrical.
Electric current, electrical current, () The movement of electrically charged particles, atoms, or ions, through solids, liquids, gases, or free space; the term is usually used of relatively smooth movements of electric charge through conductors, whether constant or variable.
Sudden movements of charge are usually referred to by other terms, such as spark or lightning or discharge. In metallic conductors the electric current is usually due to movement of electrons through the metal. The current is measured as the rate of movement of charge per unit time, and is counted in units of amperes. As a formal definition, the direction of movement of electric current is considered as the same as the direction of movement of positive charge, or in a direction opposite to the movement of negative charge.
Electric current may move constantly in a single direction, called direct current (abbreviated DC), or may move alternately in one direction and then the opposite direction, called alternating current (abbreviated AC).
Electric current (n.) A flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes" [syn: current, electric current].
Electrician (n.) 電工；電氣技師 [C] An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity. [archaic]
Electrician (n.) A technician who installs, repairs, or maintains electrical wiring or electrical devices, especially in buildings.
Electrician (n.) A person who is licensed by a governmental board to install electrical wiring and devices in structures; called also a {licensed electrician}.
Electrician (n.) A person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines [syn: {electrician}, {lineman}, {linesman}].
Electricities (n. pl. ) of Electricity
Electricity (n.) [U] 電；電流；電力；電學；極度的興奮；激情 (Physics) A property of certain of the fundamental particles of which matter is composed, called also {electric charge}, and being of two types, designated positive and negative; the property of electric charge on a particle or physical body creates a force field which affects other particles or bodies possessing electric charge; positive charges create a repulsive force between them, and negative charges also create a repulsive force. A positively charged body and a negatively charged body will create an attractive force between them. The unit of electrical charge is the {coulomb}, and the intensity of the force field at any point is measured in {volts}.
Electricity (n.) Any of several phenomena associated with the accumulation or movement of electrically charged particles within material bodies, classified as {static electricity} and {electric current}. Static electricity is often observed in everyday life, when it causes certain materials to cling together; when sufficient static charge is accumulated, an electric current may pass through the air between two charged bodies, and is observed as a visible spark; when the spark passes from a human body to another object it may be felt as a mild to strong painful sensation. Electricity in the form of electric current is put to many practical uses in electrical and electronic devices. Lightning is also known to be a form of electric current passing between clouds and the ground, or between two clouds. Electric currents may produce heat, light, concussion, and often chemical changes when passed between objects or through any imperfectly conducting substance or space. Accumulation of electrical charge or generation of a voltage differnce between two parts of a complex object may be caused by any of a variety of disturbances of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical, cause. Electric current in metals and most other solid coductors is carried by the movement of electrons from one part of the metal to another. In ionic solutions and in semiconductors, other types of movement of charged particles may be responsible for the observed electrical current.
Note: Electricity is manifested under following different forms: (a)
{Statical electricity}, Called also {Frictional electricity} or {Common electricity}, Electricity in the condition of a stationary charge, in which the disturbance is produced by friction, as of glass, amber, etc., or by induction. (b)
{Dynamical electricity}, Called also {Voltaic electricity}, Electricity in motion, or as a current produced by chemical decomposition, as by means of a voltaic battery, or by mechanical action, as by dynamo-electric machines. (c)
{Thermoelectricity}, In which the disturbing cause is heat (attended possibly with some chemical action). It is developed by uniting two pieces of unlike metals in a bar, and then heating the bar unequally. (d)
{Atmospheric electricity}, Any condition of electrical disturbance in the atmosphere or clouds, due to some or all of the above mentioned causes. (e)
{Magnetic electricity}, Electricity developed by the action of magnets. (f)
{Positive electricity}, The electricity that appears at the positive pole or anode of a battery, or that is produced by friction of glass; -- called also {vitreous electricity}. (g)
{Negative electricity}, The electricity that appears at the negative pole or cathode, or is produced by the friction of resinous substance; -- called also resinous electricity. (h)
{Organic electricity}, That which is developed in organic structures, either animal or vegetable, the phrase animal electricity being much more common.
Electricity (n.) The science which studies the phenomena and laws of electricity; electrical science.
Electricity (n.) Fig.: excitement, anticipation, or emotional tension, usually caused by the occurrence or expectation of something unusual or important.
Electricity (n.) A physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons.
Electricity (n.) Energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor; "they built a car that runs on electricity" [syn: {electricity}, {electrical energy}].
Electricity (n.) Keen and shared excitement; "the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it".
Electricity (n.) The power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else. It is the same thing as lightning, and its famous attempt to strike Dr. Franklin is one of the most picturesque incidents in that great and good man's career. The memory of Dr. Franklin is justly held in great reverence, particularly in France, where a waxen effigy of him was recently on exhibition, bearing the following touching account of his life and services to science:
"Monsieur Franqulin, inventor of electricity. This illustrious savant, after having made several voyages around the world, died on the Sandwich Islands and was devoured by savages, of whom not a single fragment was ever recovered."
Electricity seems destined to play a most important part in the arts and industries. The question of its economical application to some purposes is still unsettled, but experiment has already proved that it will propel a street car better than a gas jet and give more light than a horse.
Electrifiable (a.) Capable of receiving electricity, or of being charged with it.
Electrification (n.) The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.
Electrification (n.) The activity of thrilling or markedly exciting some person or group.
Electrification (n.) The act of providing electricity; "the electrification of rural Tennessee".
Electrified (imp. & p. p.) of Electrify.
Electrifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Electrify.
Electrify (v. t.) To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.
Electrify (v. t.) To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.
Electrify (v. t.) To excite suddenly and violently, esp. by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; as, this patriotic sentiment electrified the audience.
If the sovereign were now to immure a subject in defiance of the writ of habeas corpus . . . the whole nation would be instantly electrified by the news. -- Macaulay.
Try whether she could electrify Mr. Grandcourt by mentioning it to him at table. -- G. Eliot.
Electrify (v. t.) To equip for employment of electric power; to modify (a device) so that it uses electrical power as the main source of energy; as, to electrify a railroad.
Electrify (v. i.) To become electric.
Electrify (v.) Excite suddenly and intensely; "The news electrified us".
Electrify (v.) Charge (a conductor) with electricity.
Electrify (v.) Equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance" [syn: electrify, wire].
Electrine (a.) Belonging to, or made of, amber.
Electrine (a.) Made of electrum, an alloy used by the ancients.
Electrition (n.) (Physiol.) The recognition by an animal body of the electrical condition of external objects.
Electrization (n.) The act of electrizing; electrification.
Electrized (imp. & p. p.) of Electrize.
Electrizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Electrize.
Electrize (v. t.) To electricity. -- Eng. Cyc.
Electrizer (n.) One who, or that which, electrizes.
Electro- () A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as, electro-negative; electro-dynamic; electro-magnet.
Electro (n.) An electrotype.
Electro-ballistic (a.) Pertaining to electro-ballistics.
Electro-ballistics (n.) The art or science of measuring the force or velocity of projectiles by means of electricity.
Electro-biologist (n.) (Biol.) One versed in electro-biology.
Electro-biology (n.) (Biol.) That branch of biology which treats of the electrical phenomena of living organisms.
Electro-biology (n.) (Biol.) That phase of mesmerism or animal magnetism, the phenomena of which are supposed to be produced by a form of electricity.
Electro-bioscopy (n.) (Biol.) A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or absence of muscular contraction.
Electro-capillarity (n.) (Physics) The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge.
Electro-capillary (a.) (Physics) Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity.
Electro-chemical (a.) Of or pertaining to electro-chemistry. -- Ure.
Electro-chemistry (n.) That branch of science which treats of the relation of electricity to chemical changes.
Electrochemistry (n.) Branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of electricity and the production of electricity by chemical reactions.
Electrochemistry (n.) 電化學 Is the branch of physical chemistry that studies the relationship between electricity, as a measurable and quantitative phenomenon, and identifiable chemical change, with either electricity considered an outcome of a particular chemical change or vice versa. These reactions involve electric charges moving between electrodes and an electrolyte (or ionic species in a solution). Thus electrochemistry deals with the interaction between electrical energy and chemical change.
When a chemical reaction is caused by an externally supplied current, as in electrolysis, or if an electric current is produced by a spontaneous chemical reaction as in a battery, it is called an electrochemical reaction. Chemical reactions where electrons are transferred directly between molecules and/or atoms are called oxidation-reduction or (redox) reactions. In general, electrochemistry describes the overall reactions when individual redox reactions are separate but connected by an external electric circuit and an intervening electrolyte.
Electro-chronograph (n.) (Astron. Physics) An instrument for obtaining an accurate record of the time at which any observed phenomenon occurs, or of its duration. It has an electro-magnetic register connected with a clock. See Chronograph.
Electro-chronographic (a.) Belonging to the electro-chronograph, or recorded by the aid of it.
Electrocute (v. t.) To execute or put to death by electricity. -- E*lec`tro*cu"tion, n.
Electrocute (v.) Kill by electric shock; "She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted".
Electrocute (v.) Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted" [syn: electrocute, fry].
Electrode (n.)
(Elec.) A conducting object by which electricity is conveyed into or
from a solution or other non-metallic conducting medium; esp., the ends
of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and
terminating in the medium traversed by the current.
Note: Electrodes may be specially designed or
made of a special material for particular purposes, as for example
silver electrodes used in electroplating. Electro-dynamic
Electrode (n.) A conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit.
Electro-dynamic (a.) Alt. of Electro-dynamical
Electro-dynamical (a.) (Physics) Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.
Electro-dynamics (n.) The phenomena of electricity in motion.
Electro-dynamics (n.) The branch of science which treats of the properties of electric currents; dynamical electricity.
Electro-dynamometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents.
Electro-engraving (n.) The art or process of engraving by means of electricity.
Electro-etching (n.) A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action.
Electrogenesis (n.) (Physiol.) Same as Electrogeny.
Electrogenic (a.) (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to electrogenesis; as, an electrogenic condition.
Electrogeny (n.) (Physiol.) A term sometimes applied to the effects (tetanus) produced in the muscles of the limbs, when a current of electricity is passed along the spinal cord or nerves.
Electro-gilding (n.) The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.
Electro-gilt (a.) Gilded by means of voltaic electricity.
Electrograph (n.) A mark, record, or tracing, made by the action of electricity.
Electrograph (n.) An apparatus, controlled by electric devices, used to trace designs for etching.
Electrograph (n.) An instrument for the reproduction at a distance of pictures, maps, etc., by means of electricity. [archaic]
Electrograph (n.) An image made by the R["o]ntgen rays; a sciagraph. [archaic]
Electrograph (n.) A cinematograph using the arc light. [archaic]
Electrograph (n.) An apparatus for the electrical transmission of pictures.
Electrograph (n.) Electrical device used for etching by electrolytic means.
Electro-kinetic (a.) Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics.
Electro-kinetics (n.) That branch of electrical science which treats of electricity in motion.
Electrolier (n.) A branching frame, often of ornamental design, to support electric illuminating lamps.
Electrology (n.) That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties.
Electrolysis (n.) The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for plating; the electrolysis of water.
Electrolyte (n.) A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.
Electrolytic (a.) Alt. of Electrolytical.