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The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.

To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.

To electricity. Eng. Cyc.

A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as, electro-negative; electro-dynamic; electro- magnet.

The art or science of measuring the force or velocity of projectiles by means of electricity.

animal magnetism, the phenomena of which are supposed to be produced by a form of electricity.

etermining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or absence of muscular contraction.

That branch of science which treats of the relation of electricity to chemical changes.

The phenomena of electricity in motion.

The art or process of engraving by means of electricity.

The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.

Gilded by means of voltaic electricity.

That branch of electrical science which treats of electricity in motion.

porarily 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.

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.

The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electricity.

Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects. Electro-motive force (Physics), the force which produces, or tends to produce, electricity, or an electric current; sometimes used to express the degree of electrification as equivalent…

Pertaining the reaction (contraction) of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.

A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of thi…

The theory that the functions of living organisms are dependent upon electricity or a kindred force.