Part 661

E*lec"tro*cute` (?), v. t. [Electro- + cute in execute.] To execute or put to death by electricity. -- E*lec`tro*cu"tion, n. [Recent; Newspaper words]

E*lec"trode (*lk"trd), n. [Electro- + Gr. "odo`s way, path: cf. F. électrode.] (Elec.) The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current.

{ E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ic (?), E*lec`tro- dy*nam"ic*al (?), } a. (Physics) Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.

E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ics (?), n. 1. The phenomena of electricity in motion.

2. The branch of science which treats of the properties of electric currents; dynamical electricity.

E*lec`tro-dy`na*mom"e*ter (?), n. An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents.

E*lec`tro-en*grav"ing (?), n. The art or process of engraving by means of electricity.

E*lec`tro-etch"ing (?), n. A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action.

E*lec`tro*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Electro- + genesis.] (Physiol.) Same as Electrogeny.

E*lec`tro*gen"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to electrogenesis; as, an electrogenic condition.

E`lec*trog"e*ny (?), n. [Electro- + Gr. &?; to produce.] (Physiol.) 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.

E*lec`tro-gild"ing (?), n. The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.

E*lec"tro-gilt` (?), a. Gilded by means of voltaic electricity.

E*lec"tro*graph (?), n. [Electro- + -graph.] A mark, record, or tracing, made by the action of electricity.

E*lec`tro-ki*net"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics.

E*lec`tro-ki*net"ics (?), n. That branch of electrical science which treats of electricity in motion.

E*lec`tro*lier" (?), n. [Formed from electric in imitation of chandelier.] A branching frame, often of ornamental design, to support electric illuminating lamps.

E`lec*trol"o*gy (?), n. [Electro- + -logy.] That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties.

E`lec*trol"y*sis (?), n. [Electro- + Gr. &?; a loosing, dissolving, fr. &?; to loose, dissolve.] (Physics & Chem.) 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.

E*lec"tro*lyte (?), n. [Electro- + Gr. &?; a dissoluble: cf. F. électrolyte.] (Physics & Chem.) A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.

{ E*lec`tro*lyt"ic (?), E*lec`tro*lyt"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. électrolytique.] Pertaining to electrolysis; as, electrolytic action. -- E*lec`tro*lyt"ic*al*ly, adv.

E*lec"tro*ly`za*ble (?), a. Capable of being electrolyzed, or decomposed by electricity.

E*lec`tro*ly*za"tion (?), n. The act or the process of electrolyzing.

E*lec"tro*lyze (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Electrolyzed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Electrolyzing (?).] [Cf. F. électrolyser. See Electrolysis.] To decompose by the direct action of electricity. Faraday.

E*lec`tro-mag"net (?), 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.

E*lec`tro-mag*net"ic (?), a. 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 which makes it consist in the rapid alternation of transient electric currents moving transversely to the direction of the ray.

E*lec`tro-mag"net*ism (?), n. The magnetism developed by a current of electricity; the science which treats of the development of magnetism by means of voltaic electricity, and of the properties or actions of the currents evolved.