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- English Word Electro-capillary Definition Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity.
- English Word Electro-chemical Definition Of or pertaining to electro-chemistry.
- English Word Electro-chemistry Definition That branch of science which treats of the relation of electricity to chemical changes.
- English Word Electro-chronograph Definition 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.
- English Word Electro-chronographic Definition Belonging to the electro-chronograph, or recorded by the aid of it.
- English Word Electro-dynamic Definition Alt. of Electro-dynamical
- English Word Electro-dynamical Definition Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.
- English Word Electro-dynamics Definition The phenomena of electricity in motion.
- English Word Electro-dynamics Definition The branch of science which treats of the properties of electric currents; dynamical electricity.
- English Word Electro-dynamometer Definition An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents.
- English Word Electro-engraving Definition The art or process of engraving by means of electricity.
- English Word Electro-etching Definition A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action.
- English Word Electro-gilding Definition The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.
- English Word Electro-gilt Definition Gilded by means of voltaic electricity.
- English Word Electro-kinetic Definition Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics.
- English Word Electro-kinetics Definition That branch of electrical science which treats of electricity in motion.
- English Word Electro-magnet Definition A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe.
- English Word Electro-magnetic Definition Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current.
- English Word Electro-magnetism Definition The magnetism developed by a current of electricity; the science which treats of the development of magnetism by means of voltaic electricity, and of the properties or actions of the currents evolved.
- English Word Electro-metallurgy Definition The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping; galvanoplasty.
- English Word Electro-metric Definition Alt. of Electro-metrical
- English Word Electro-metrical Definition Pertaining to electrometry; made by means of electrometer; as, an electrometrical experiment.
- English Word Electro-motion Definition The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electricity.
- English Word Electro-motive Definition Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects.
- English Word Electro-muscular Definition Pertaining the reaction (contraction) of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.
- English Word Electro-negative Definition Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other.
- English Word Electro-negative Definition Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.
- English Word Electro-negative Definition A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.
- English Word Electro-physiological Definition Pertaining to electrical results produced through physiological agencies, or by change of action in a living organism.
- English Word Electro-physiology Definition That branch of physiology which treats of electric phenomena produced through physiological agencies.