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

Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity.

Of or pertaining to electro-chemistry. Ure.

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

record of the time at which any observed phenomenon occurs, or of its duration. It has an electro-magnetic register connected with a clock. See Chronograph.

Belonging to the electro-chronograph, or recorded by the aid of it.

Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.

The phenomena of electricity in motion.

An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents.

The art or process of engraving by means of electricity.

A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action.

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

Gilded by means of voltaic electricity.

Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics.

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

red temporarily 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.

Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current. Electro-magnetic engine, an engine in which the motive force is electro-magnetism. -- Electro-magnetic theory of light (Physics), a theory of light which makes it consist in the rapid alternation of transient electri…

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 act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping; galvanoplasty.

Pertaining to electrometry; made by means of electrometer; as, an electrometrical experiment.