Part 3659

<cs><col>Balance electrometer</col>. <cd>See under <er>Balance</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Electro-metric, Electro-metrical</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw><hw>E*lec`tro-met"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>E*lec`tro-met"ric*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82lectrom\'82trique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to electrometry; made by means of electrometer; <as>as, an <ex>electrometrical</ex> experiment</as>.</def>

<h1>Elextrometry</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E`lex*trom"e*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82lectrom\'82trie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The art or process of making electrical measurements.</def>

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

<hw>E*lec`tro-mo"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electricity.</def>

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

<hw>E*lec`tro-mo"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects.</def>

<cs><col>Electro-motive force</col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>the force which produces, or tends to produce, electricity, or an electric current; sometimes used to express the degree of electrification as equivalent to potential, or more properly difference of potential.</cd></cs>

<h1>Electromotor</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E*lec`tro*mo"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82lectromoteur</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A mover or exciter of electricity; as apparatus for generating a current of electricity.</def>

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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>An apparatus or machine for producing motion and mechanical effects by the action of electricity; an electro-magnetic engine.</def>

<h1>Electro-muscular</h1> <Xpage=478>

<hw>E*lec`tro-mus"cu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining the reaction (contraction) of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.</def>

<h1>Electron</h1> <Xpage=478>

<hw>E*lec"tron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/. See <er>Electric</er>.]</ety> <def>Amber; also, the alloy of gold and silver, called <i>electrum</i>.</def>

<h1>Electro-negative</h1> <Xpage=478>

<hw>E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem. & Physics)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to <i>positive</i>, <i>metallic</i>, or <i>basic</i>.</def>

<h1>Electro-negative</h1> <Xpage=478>

<hw>E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem. & Physics)</fld> <def>A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.</def>

<h1>Electropathy</h1> <Xpage=478>

<hw>E`lec*trop"a*thy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ suffering.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The treatment of disease by electricity.</def>

<h1>Electrophone</h1> <Xpage=478>

<hw>E*lec"tro*phone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ sound.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for producing sound by means of electric currents.</def>

<h1>Electrophorus</h1> <Xpage=478>