electro : Idioms & Phrases

E*lec"tro-

Etymology

L. electrum amber. See Electric.

Definitions

1. A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as, electro-negative; electro-dynamic; electro-magnet.

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E*lec`tro-bal*lis"tic adjective

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1. Pertaining to electro-ballistics.

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E*lec`tro-bal*lis"tics noun

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1. The art or science of measuring the force or velocity of projectiles by means of electricity.

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E*lec`tro-bi*ol"o*gist noun

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1. (Biol.) One versed in electro-biology.

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E*lec`tro-bi*ol"o*gy noun

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(Biol.)

1. That branch of biology which treats of the electrical phenomena of living organisms.
2. That phase of mesmerism or animal magnetism, the phenomena of which are supposed to be produced by a form of electricity.

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E*lec`tro-bi*os"co*py noun

Etymology

Electro- + Gr. life + -scopy.

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1. (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.

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E*lec`tro-cap`il*lar"i*ty noun

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1. (Physics) The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge.

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E*lec`tro-cap"il*la*ry adjective

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1. (Physics) Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity.

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E*lec`tro-chem"ic*al adjective

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1. Of or pertaining to electro-chemistry. Ure.

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E*lec`tro-chem"is*try noun

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1. That branch of science which treats of the relation of electricity to chemical changes.

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E*lec`tro-chron"o*graph noun

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1. (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.

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E*lec`tro-chron`o*graph"ic adjective

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1. Belonging to the electro-chronograph, or recorded by the aid of it.

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E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ic, E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ic*al adjective (Also<

• Electro-dynamic
• Electro-dynamical

)

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1. (Physics) Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.

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E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ics noun

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1. The phenomena of electricity in motion.
2. The branch of science which treats of the properties of electric currents; dynamical electricity.

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E*lec`tro-dy`na*mom"e*ter noun

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1. An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents.

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E*lec`tro-en*grav"ing noun

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1. The art or process of engraving by means of electricity.

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E*lec`tro-etch"ing noun

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1. A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action.

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E*lec`tro-gild"ing noun

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1. The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.

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E*lec"tro-gilt` adjective

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1. Gilded by means of voltaic electricity.

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E*lec`tro-ki*net"ic adjective

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1. Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics.

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E*lec`tro-ki*net"ics noun

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1. That branch of electrical science which treats of electricity in motion.

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E*lec`tro-mag"net noun

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1. 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.

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E*lec`tro-mag*net"ic adjective

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1. Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current.

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E*lec`tro-mag"net*ism noun

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1. 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.

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E*lec`tro-met"al*lur`gy noun

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1. 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.

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E*lec`tro-met"ric, E*lec`tro-met"ric*al adjective (Also<

• Electro-metric
• Electro-metrical

)

Etymology

Cf. F. électrométrique.

Definitions

1. Pertaining to electrometry; made by means of electrometer; as, an electrometrical experiment.

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E*lec`tro-mo"tion noun

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1. The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electricity.

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E*lec`tro-mo"tive adjective

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1. Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects.

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E*lec`tro-mus"cu*lar adjective

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1. (Physiol.) Pertaining the reaction (contraction) of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.

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E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive adjective

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1. (Chem. & Physics) (a) 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. (b) Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.

E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive noun

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1. (Chem. & Physics) A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.

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E*lec`tro-phys`i*o*log"ic*al adjective

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1. (Physiol.) Pertaining to electrical results produced through physiological agencies, or by change of action in a living organism.

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E*lec`tro-phys`i*ol"o*gy noun

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1. (Physiol.) That branch of physiology which treats of electric phenomena produced through physiological agencies.

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E*lec`tro-po"lar adjective

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1. (Physics) Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor.

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E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive adjective

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1. (Physics) Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, in electrolysis, while the associated body tends to the positive pole; -- the converse or correlative of electro-negative. ✍ An element that is electro-positive in one compound may be electro-negative in another, and vice versa.
2. (Chem.) Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid.

E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive noun

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1. (Chem. & Physics) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.

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E*lec`tro-punc`tu*ra"tion, E*lec`tro-punc`tur*ing noun (Also<

• Electro-puncturation
• Electro-puncturing

)

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1. (Med.) See Electropuncture.

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E*lec`tro-punc`ture noun

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1. (Med.) An operation that consists in inserting needless in the part affected, and connecting them with the poles of a galvanic apparatus.

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E*lec`tro-ste"re*o*type noun

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1. Same as Electrotype.

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E*lec`tro-tel`e*graph"ic adjective

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1. Pertaining to the electric telegraph, or by means of it.

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E*lec`tro-te*leg"ra*phy noun

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1. The art or science of constructing or using the electric telegraph; the transmission of messages by means of the electric telegraph.

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E*lec`tro-ther`a*peu"tics noun

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1. (Med.) The branch of medical science which treats of the applications agent.

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E*lec`tro-ther"man*cy noun

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1. That branch of electrical science which treats of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a conductor, or a part of a circuit composed of two different metals.

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E*lec"tro-tint` noun

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1. (Fine Arts) A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing.

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E*lec`tro-vi"tal adjective

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1. Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; -- said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals.

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E*lec`tro-vi"tal*ism noun

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1. (Physiol.) The theory that the functions of living organisms are dependent upon electricity or a kindred force.

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