<hw>E*lec"trode</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ way, path: cf. F. <ets>\'82lectrode</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>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.</def>
<h1>Electro-dynamic, Electro-dynamical</h1> <Xpage=477>
<hw><hw>E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.</def>
<h1>Electro-dynamics</h1> <Xpage=477>
<hw>E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The phenomena of electricity in motion.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The branch of science which treats of the properties of electric currents; dynamical electricity.</def>
<h1>Electro-dynamometer</h1> <Xpage=477>
<hw>E*lec`tro-dy`na*mom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents.</def>
<h1>Electro-engraving</h1> <Xpage=477>
<hw>E*lec`tro-en*grav"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or process of engraving by means of electricity.</def>
<h1>Electro-etching</h1> <Xpage=477>
<hw>E*lec`tro-etch"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action.</def>
<h1>Electrogenesis</h1> <Xpage=477>
<hw>E*lec`tro*gen"e*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + <ets>genesis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Electrogeny</er>.</def>
<h1>Electrogenic</h1> <Xpage=477>
<hw>E*lec`tro*gen"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to electrogenesis; <as>as, an <ex>electrogenic</ex> condition</as>.</def>
<h1>Electrogeny</h1> <Xpage=477>
<hw>E`lec*trog"e*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ to produce.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>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.</def>
<h1>Electro-gilding</h1> <Xpage=477>
<hw>E*lec`tro-gild"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.</def>
<h1>Electro-gilt</h1> <Xpage=477>
<hw>E*lec"tro-gilt`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Gilded by means of voltaic electricity.</def>
<h1>Electrograph</h1> <Xpage=477>
<hw>E*lec"tro*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>A mark, record, or tracing, made by the action of electricity.</def>
<h1>Electro-kinetic</h1> <Xpage=477>
<hw>E*lec`tro-ki*net"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics.</def>
<h1>Electro-kinetics</h1> <Xpage=477>
<hw>E*lec`tro-ki*net"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That branch of electrical science which treats of electricity in motion.</def>
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