Word Meanings - ELECTRO-KINETIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics.

Electrotonize
To cause or produce electrotonus.
ELECTROBALLISTICS
The art or science of measuring the force or velocity of projectiles by means of electricity.
ELECTROKINETIC
Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics.
ELECTROPOIONELECTROPOIONFLUID
An exciting and depolarizing acid solution used in certain cells or batteries, as the Grenet battery. Electropoion is best prepared by mixing one gallon of concentrated sulphuric acid diluted with three gallons of water, with a solution of six pounds of
Electro-metrical
Pertaining to electrometry; made by means of electrometer; as, an electrometrical experiment.
Electro-polar
Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor.
Electrotonous
Electrotonic.
ELECTROBIOLOGIST
One versed in electro-biology.
ELECTROKINETICS
That branch of electrical science which treats of electricity in motion.
ELECTROPOLAR
Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor.
Electro-dynamic
Alt. of Electro-dynamical
Electrolysis
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.
Electro-motion
The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electricity.
Electro-positive
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.
Electrotonus
The modified condition of a nerve, when a constant current of electricity passes through any part of it. See Anelectrotonus, and Catelectrotonus.
ELECTROBIOSCOPY
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.
ELECTROLYTICELECTROLYTICAL
Pertaining to electrolysis; as, electrolytic action. -- E*lec`tro*lyt"ic*al*ly, adv.

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