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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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E-lĕc'tion-eer'er, n. p. 433One who electioneers.E-lĕct′ive, a. p. 433Exerting the power of choice; making selection; as, an elective act. 2. Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing. “The independent use of their elective franchise.” Bancroft. 3.…E-lĕc'tive-ly, adv. p. 433By choice; with preference of one to another.E-lĕc'tor, n. p. 433One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor of a candidate for office. 2. Hence, specifically, a person legally…E-lĕct'or-al, a. p. 434Pertaining to, or consisting of, electors; as, an electoral college.E-lēct’or-āl’i-ty, n. p. 434Electorate. [Rare.] Wotton.E-lĕc'tor-ate, n. p. 434The dignity of an elector; electorship. 2. The territory of an elector in the German empire.E-lĕc'tor-ess, n. p. 434Electress. “The electoress of Brunswick.” Burnet.Ē/lec-tō'ri-al, a. p. 434Pertaining to an elector or an election; electoral; as, an electoral college. Burke.E-lēct'or-shĭp, n. p. 434The office of an elector.E-lēc'tre or E-lēc'ter, n. p. 434Amber. See ELECTRUM. 2. A compound or mixed metal of an amber color.Ē/lec-trēp'/e-ter, n. p. 434An instrument used for the purpose of changing the direction of electric currents.E-lĕc'tress, n. p. 434The wife or widow of an elector in the German empire.E-lēc'trie or E-lēc'trie-al, a. p. 434Pertaining to electricity; as, electric power or virtue. 2. Occasioned by, or derived from, electricity; as, electric effects; an electric spark. 3. Containing electricity; as, an electric jar. 4.…E-lĕc'tric, n. p. 434A non-conductor of electricity employed to excite or accumulate the electric fluid, as amber, glass, resin, &c.E-lĕc'tri-cal-ly, adv. p. 434In the manner of electricity, or by means of it.E-lĕc'tri-cal-ness, n. p. 434The state or quality of being electrical. [Rare.]Ē/lec-trī'cian, n. p. 434A person who studies electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.Ē/lec-trĭc'i-ty, n. p. 434A power in nature, often styled the electric fluid, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or…E-lĕc'tri-fi'a-ble, a. p. 434Capable of receiving electricity, or of being charged with it.E-lēc'tri-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 434The act of electrifying, or state of being charged with electricity.E-lĕc'tri-fy, v. t. p. 434To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar. 2. To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a…E-lēc'tri-fy, v. i. p. 434To become electric.E-lē'c-trine, a. p. 434Belonging to, or made of, amber. 2. Made of electrum, an alloy used by the ancients.E-lēc'tri-zā'tion, n. p. 434The act of electrizing.E-lēc'trize, v. t. p. 434To electrify. Eng. Cyc.E-lēe'trīz-er, n. p. 434One who, or that which, electrizes; especially, a form of electrical apparatus used for the application of electricity in medicine.E-lēe'tro-bi-ŏl'o-gĭst, n. p. 434One versed in electrobiology.E-lēc'tro-bi-ŏl'o-gy, n. p. 434That phase of mesmerism or animal magnetism in which the actions, feelings, &c., of a person in the mesmeric condition are controlled, or supposed to be controlled, by the will of the operator.…E-lēe'tro-chēm'ie-al, a. p. 434Pertaining to electrochemistry. Ure.E-lĕc'tro-chēm'is-try, n. p. 434That science which treats of the agency of electricity in effecting chemical changes.E-lēe'tro-ehŕŏn'o-grāph, n. p. 434An instrument for accurately noting time, consisting of an electro-magnetic register connected with a clock, by means of which the seconds of the clock are spaced off in a series of marks on the…E-lēc'tro-chrŏn'o-grāph'ic, a. p. 434Belonging to the electro-chronograph, or recorded by the aid of it.E-lē'trōde, n. p. 434Either of the so-called poles of the voltaic circle.E-lēc'tro-dy-năm'ic, a. p. 434Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.E-lēc'tro-dy-năm'ics, n. sing. p. 434The phenomena of electricity in motion. 2. The branch of science which treats of the properties of electric currents. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]E-lĕc'tro-en-grāv'ing, n. p. 434The act or process of engraving by means of electricity.E-lĕc'tro-gīld'ing, n. p. 434The process of gilding copper, &c., by means of voltaic electricity.E-lē'c-tro-gilt, a. p. 434Gilded by means of voltaic electricity.Ē/lec-trŏl'o·gy, a. p. 434That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties.Ē/lec-trōl'y-sis, n. p. 434The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity, or galvanism.E-lēc'tro-lyte, n. p. 434A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.E-lĕc'tro-ly'tic, a. p. 434Pertaining to electrolysis.E-lĕc'tro-lyz'a-ble, a. p. 434Capable of being electrolyzed, or decomposed by an electric current.E-lēc'tro-ly-zā'tion, n. p. 434The act or process of electrolyzing; decomposition by means of an electric current.E-lēc'tro-lȳze, v. t. p. 434To decompose by the direct action of electricity or galvanism. Faraday.E-lēc'tro-māg'net, n. p. 434A mass of soft iron, usually in the form of a bar, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing.E-lĕc'tro-mag-nĕt'ic, a. p. 434Designating what pertains to magnetism, as connected with electricity, or affected by it; as, electro-magnetic phenomena.E-lēc'tro-māg'net-ism, n. p. 434That science which treats of the development of magnetism by means of voltaic electricity, and of the properties or actions of the currents evolved. Nichol.E-lēc'tro-met'al-lur'gy, n. p. 434The act of depositing metals, held in solution, as silver, gold, copper, &c., on prepared surfaces, through the agency of voltaic electricity or galvanism, answering the purposes of plating, and also…Ē/lec-trŏm'e-ter, n. p. 434<br>1. An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity.<br>2. An instrument which indicates the presence of electricity; — usually called an electroscope.E-lĕc'tro-mĕt'ric-al, a. p. 434Pertaining to an electrometer; made by an electrometer; as, an electrometrical experiment.E-lĕc'tro-mō'tion, n. p. 434The motion of electricity or galvanism, or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electricity.E-lĕc'trō-mō'tive, a. p. 434Producing electro-motion; producing mechanical effects by means of electricity; as, electro-motive power.E-lĕc'tro-mō'tor, n. p. 434A mover of the electric fluid; a piece of apparatus for generating a current of electricity.E-lĕc'tron, n. p. 434Amber; also, the alloy called electrum. Coxe.E-lĕc'tro-nĕg'a-tĭve, a. p. 434Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis.E-lĕc'tro-nĕg'a-tīve, n. p. 434A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.Ē'lec-trŏph'o-rŭs, n. p. 434An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat, smooth cake of resin, as an electric, upon which is placed a corresponding plate of…E-lēe'tro-phys'i-o-lŏg'ie-al, a. p. 434Pertaining to electrical results produced through physiological agencies, or by change of action in a living being.