Part 3658

<h1>Electrolier</h1> <Xpage=477>

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

<h1>Electrology</h1> <Xpage=477>

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

<h1>Electrolysis</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E`lec*trol"y*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ a loosing, dissolving, fr. <?/ to loose, dissolve.]</ety> <fld>(Physics & Chem.)</fld> <def>The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; <as>as, the <ex>electrolysis</ex> of silver or nickel for plating; the <ex>electrolysis</ex> of water.</as></def>

<h1>Electrolyte</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E*lec"tro*lyte</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ a dissoluble: cf. F. <ets>\'82lectrolyte</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics & Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.</def>

<h1>Electrolytic, Electrolytical</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw><hw>E*lec`tro*lyt"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>E*lec`tro*lyt"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82lectrolytique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to electrolysis; <as>as, <ex>electrolytic</ex> action</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>E*lec`tro*lyt"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Electrolyzable</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E*lec"tro*ly`za*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being electrolyzed, or decomposed by electricity.</def>

<h1>Electrolyzation</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E*lec`tro*ly*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or the process of electrolyzing.</def>

<h1>Electrolyze</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E*lec"tro*lyze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Electrolyzed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Electrolyzing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82lectrolyser</ets>. See <er>Electrolysis</er>.]</ety> <def>To decompose by the direct action of electricity.</def>

<i>Faraday.</i>

<h1>Electro-magnet</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E*lec`tro-mag"net</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Electro-magnetic</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E*lec`tro-mag*net"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current.</def>

<cs><col>Electro-magnetic engine</col>, <cd>an engine in which the motive force is electro-magnetism.</cd> -- <col>Electro-magnetic theory of light</col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>a theory of light which makes it consist in the rapid alternation of transient electric currents moving transversely to the direction of the ray.</cd></cs>

<h1>Electro-magnetism</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E*lec`tro-mag"net*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Electro-metallurgy</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E*lec`tro-met"al*lur`gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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; galvanoplasty.</def>

<h1>Electrometer</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E`lec*trom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + <ets>-meter</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82lectrom\'8atre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity; also, sometimes, and less properly, applied to an instrument which indicates the presence of electricity (usually called an <i>electroscope</i>).</def>