Part 3660

<hw>E*lec`troph"o*rus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Electrophori</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. combining form <ets>electro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal.</def>

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

<hw>E*lec`tro-phys`i*o*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to electrical results produced through physiological agencies, or by change of action in a living organism.</def>

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

<hw>E*lec`tro-phys`i*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>That branch of physiology which treats of electric phenomena produced through physiological agencies.</def>

<h1>Electroplate</h1> <Xpage=478>

<hw>E*lec"tro*plate`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Electroplating</er>.]</wordforms> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>To plate or cover with a coating of metal, usually silver, nickel, or gold, by means of electrolysis.</def>

<h1>Electroplater</h1> <Xpage=478>

<hw>E*lec"tro*pla`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who electroplates.</def>

<h1>Electroplating</h1> <Xpage=478>

<hw>E*lec"tro*pla`ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or process of depositing a coating (commonly) of silver, gold, or nickel on an inferior metal, by means of electricity.</def>

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

<hw>E*lec`tro-po"lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor.</def>

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

<hw>E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>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; -- the converse or correlative of <i>electro-negative</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; An element that is <i>electro-positive</i> in one compound may be <i>electro-negative</i> in another, and <i>vice versa</i>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from <i>negative</i>, <i>nonmetallic</i>, or <i>acid</i>.</def>

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

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

<h1>Electro-puncturation, Electro-puncturing</h1> <Xpage=478>

<hw><hw>E*lec`tro-punc`tu*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>E*lec`tro-punc`tur*ing</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Electropuncture</er>.</def>

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

<hw>E*lec`tro-punc`ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An operation that consists in inserting needless in the part affected, and connecting them with the poles of a galvanic apparatus.</def>

<h1>Electroscope</h1> <Xpage=478>

<hw>E*lec"tro*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Electro-</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82lectroscope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like.</def>

<cs><col>Condensing electroscope</col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>a form of electroscope in which an increase of sensibility is obtained by the use of a condenser.</cd></cs>

<h1>Electroscopic</h1> <Xpage=478>