Word Meanings - ELECTRO-METRIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Alt. of Electro-metrical

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.
ELECTROPOSITIVE
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. Note:
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.
Electrotonize
To cause or produce electrotonus.
ELECTROCAPILLARITY
The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge.
ELECTROMAGNET
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
ELECTROPUNCTURATIONELECTROPUNCTURING
See Electropuncture.
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.
Electrotonous
Electrotonic.
ELECTROCAPILLARY
Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity.
ELECTROMAGNETIC
Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current. Electro-magnetic engine, an engine in which the motive force is electro-magnetism. -- Electro-magnetic theory of light (Physics), a theory of light w
ELECTROPUNCTURE
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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