Word Meanings - ELECTRO-CHRONOGRAPHIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Electrolyze
To decompose by the direct action of electricity.
Electrophori
of Electrophorus
Electro-stereotype
Same as Electrotype.
Electro-vital
Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; -- said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY
That branch of science which treats of the relation of electricity to chemical changes.
ELECTROMETALLURGY
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.
Electro-capillarity
The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge.
ELECTROTELEGRAPHIC
Pertaining to the electric telegraph, or by means of it.
Electrogeny
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
The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.
Electro-magnet
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 for
Electrophorus
An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal.
Electro-telegraphic
Pertaining to the electric telegraph, or by means of it.
Electro-vitalism
The theory that the functions of living organisms are dependent upon electricity or a kindred force.
ELECTROCHRONOGRAPH
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.
ELECTROMETRICELECTROMETRICAL
Pertaining to electrometry; made by means of electrometer; as, an electrometrical experiment.
Electro-capillary
Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity.
ELECTROTELEGRAPHY
The art or science of constructing or using the electric telegraph; the transmission of messages by means of the electric telegraph.
Electro-gilt
Gilded by means of voltaic electricity.
Electro-magnetic
Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current.

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