Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ELECTRE

ELEC'TRE, noun [Latin electrum.] Amber. [Bacon used this word for a compound or mixed metal. But the word is not now used.]

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ELECTRESS

ELECT'RESS, noun The wife or widow of an elector in the German empire.

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ELECTRIC

ELEC'TRIC, noun Any body or substance capable of exhibiting electricity by means of friction or otherwise, and of resisting the passage of it from one body to another. Hence an ...

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ELECTRICALLY

ELEC'TRICALLY, adverb In the manner of electricity, or by means of it.

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ELECTRICIAN

ELECTRI'CIAN, noun A person who studies electricity, and investigates its properties, by observation and experiments; one versed in the science of electricity.

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ELECTRICITY

ELECTRIC'ITY, noun The operations of a very subtil fluid, which appears to be diffused through most bodies, remarkable for the rapidity of its motion, and one of the most powerf...

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ELECTRICTRICAL

ELEC'TRIC'TRICAL, adjective [Gr. amber.]1. Containing electricity, or capable of exhibiting it when excited by friction; as an electric body, such as amber and glass;an electric...

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ELECTRIFIABLE

ELEC'TRIFIABLE, adjective [from electrify.] Capable of receiving electricity, or of being charged with it; that may become electric.1. Capable of receiving and transmitting the ...

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ELECTRIFICATION

ELECTRIFICA'TION, noun The act of electrifying, or state of being charged with electricity.

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ELECTRIFIED

ELEC'TRIFIED, participle present tense Charged with electricity.

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ELECTRIFY

ELEC'TRIFY, verb transitive To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity.1. To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shoc...

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ELECTRIFYING

ELECTRIFYING, participle present tense Charging with electricity; affecting with electricity; giving a sudden shock.

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ELECTRIZATION

ELECTRIZA'TION, noun The act of electrizing.

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ELECTRIZE

ELEC'TRIZE, verb transitive To electrify; a word in popular use.

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ELECTRO-CHIMISTRY

ELECTRO-CHIM'ISTRY, noun That science which treats of the agency of electricity and galvanism in effecting chimical changes.

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ELECTRO-MAGNETIC

ELECTRO-MAGNET'IC, adjective Designating what pertains to magnetism, as connected with electricity, or affected by it. Electromagnetic phenomena.

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ELECTRO-MAGNETISM

ELECTRO-MAG'NETISM, noun That science which treats of the agency ofelectricity and galvanism in communicating magnetic properties.

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ELECTRO-MOTION

ELECTRO-MO'TION, noun The motion of electricity or galvanism, or the passing of it from one metal to another, by the attraction or influence of one metal plate in contact with a...

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ELECTRO-MOTIVE

ELECTRO-MO'TIVE, adjective Producing electro-motion; as electro-motive power.

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ELECTRO-NEGATIVE

ELECTRO-NEG'ATIVE, adjective Repelled by bodies negatively electrified, and attracted by those positively electrified.

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ELECTRO-POSITIVE

ELECTRO-POS'ITIVE, adjective Attracted by bodies negatively electrified, or by the negative pole of the galvanic arrangement.

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ELECTROMETER

ELECTROM'ETER, noun [Latin electrum; Gr. amber, and to measure.]An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity, or its quality; or an instrument for discha...

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ELECTROMETRICAL

ELECTROMET'RICAL, adjective Pertaining to an electrometer; made by an electrometer; as an electrometrical experiment.

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ELECTROMOTOR

ELEC'TROMOTOR, noun [electrum and motor.] A mover of the electric fluid; an instrument or apparatus so called.

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ELECTRON

ELEC'TRON, noun Amber; also, a mixture of gold with a fifth part of silver.

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ELECTROPHOR

ELEC'TROPHORELECTROPH'ORUS, noun [electrum, and to bear.] An instrument for preserving electricity a long time.

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ELECTROPHORUS

ELECTROPH'ORUS, n. [electrum, and to bear.] An instrument for preserving electricity a long time.