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Electricity developed by means of heat; the science which treats of electricity thus developed.

Containing or exhibiting resinous electricity.

Pert. to or designating any form of spark tube the electric discharge within which is used in spectroscopic observations.

Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity by means of solid bodies alone; as, a stereoelectric current is one obtained by means of solids, without any liquid.

Of or pertaining to transmission, as of music, to a distance by electricity.

Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents.

as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric current.

Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under Electricity.

Of or pertaining to voltaic electricity, or voltaism.

e, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass. Nichol. p. 8

imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.

nergy or power, the storing of energy by means of weights lifted or masses put in motion; electricity stored. -- An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or than is allowed by the rules.

hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc.

surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic electricity; steeling.

The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography.

An air-filled gap in a magnetic or electric circuit; specif., in a dynamo or motor, the space between the field-magnet poles and the armature; clearance.

enormous velocities but small masses. They are slightly deflected by a strong magnetic or electric field.

An electric generator or dynamo for producing alternating currents.

hpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric.

The strength of a current of electricity carried by a conductor or generated by a machine, measured in ampères.