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rmanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; -- opposed to non-ego.

A solid hydrocarbon, C20H42, of the paraffine series, of artificial production, and also probably occurring in petroleum.

precedes two, or more, coördinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or. Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth. 1 Kings xviii. 27. Few writers hesitate to use either in what is called a triple alternative; such as, We must…

The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.

Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.

A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.

tric current, a current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing by means of conductors from one body to another which is in a different electrical state. -- Electric, or Electrical, eel (Zoöl.), a South American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus Gymnotus (G…

chemical changes when the circuit passes between the poles or through any imperfectly conducting substance or space. It is generally brought into action by any disturbance of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical, cause.

The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge.

y electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor.

al science which treats of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a conductor, or a part of a circuit composed of two different metals.

The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current.

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.

Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary. Faraday.

g of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise.

To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration. Eliminate errors that have been gathering and accumulating. Lowth.

the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.

The production and development of an embryo.

ligion was not talked about emotionalized, but was accepted as the rule of thought and conduct. Froude.

A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent. Heumann.