Electro- () A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc. |
Electro (n.) An electrotype. |
Electro-ballistic (a.) Pertaining to electro-ballistics. |
Electro-ballistics (n.) The art or science of measuring the force or velocity of projectiles by means of electricity. |
Electro-biologist (n.) One versed in electro-biology. |
Electro-biology (n.) That branch of biology which treats of the electrical phenomena of living organisms. |
Electro-biology (n.) That phase of mesmerism or animal magnetism, the phenomena of which are supposed to be produced by a form of electricity. |
Electro-bioscopy (n.) 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. |
Electro-capillarity (n.) The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge. |
Electro-capillary (a.) Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity. |
Electro-chemical (a.) Of or pertaining to electro-chemistry. |
Electro-chemistry (n.) That branch of science which treats of the relation of electricity to chemical changes. |
Electro-chronograph (n.) 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. |
Electro-chronographic (a.) Belonging to the electro-chronograph, or recorded by the aid of it. |
Electro-dynamic (a.) Alt. of Electro-dynamical |
Electro-dynamical (a.) Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents |
Electro-dynamics (n.) The phenomena of electricity in motion. |
Electro-dynamics (n.) The branch of science which treats of the properties of electric currents |
Electro-dynamometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents. |
Electro-engraving (n.) The art or process of engraving by means of electricity. |
Electro-etching (n.) A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action. |
Electro-gilding (n.) The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity. |
Electro-gilt (a.) Gilded by means of voltaic electricity. |
Electro-kinetic (a.) Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics. |
Electro-kinetics (n.) That branch of electrical science which treats of electricity in motion. |
Electro-magnet (n.) 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 bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe. |
Electro-magnetic (a.) Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current. |
Electro-magnetism (n.) The magnetism developed by a current of electricity |
Electro-metallurgy (n.) 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 |
Electro-metric (a.) Alt. of Electro-metrical |
Electro-metrical (a.) Pertaining to electrometry |
Electro-motion (n.) The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit |
Electro-motive (a.) Producing electro-motion |
Electro-muscular (a.) Pertaining the reaction (contraction) of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it. |
Electro-negative (a.) Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other. |
Electro-negative (a.) Negative |
Electro-negative (n.) A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis. |
Electro-physiological (a.) Pertaining to electrical results produced through physiological agencies, or by change of action in a living organism. |
Electro-physiology (n.) That branch of physiology which treats of electric phenomena produced through physiological agencies. |
Electro-polar (a.) Possessing electrical polarity |
Electro-positive (a.) 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 |
Electro-positive (a.) Hence: Positive |
Electro-positive (n.) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis. |
Electro-puncturation (n.) Alt. of Electro-puncturing |
Electro-puncturing (n.) See Electropuncture. |
Electro-puncture (n.) An operation that consists in inserting needless in the part affected, and connecting them with the poles of a galvanic apparatus. |
Electro-stereotype (n.) Same as Electrotype. |
Electro-telegraphic (a.) Pertaining to the electric telegraph, or by means of it. |
Electro-telegraphy (n.) The art or science of constructing or using the electric telegraph |
Electro-therapeutics (n.) The branch of medical science which treats of the applications agent. |