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An effect produced upon the plates of a voltaic battery, or the electrodes in an electrolytic cell, by the deposition upon them of the gases liberated by the action of the current. It is chiefly due to the hydrogen, and results in an increase of the resistance, and the setting up of an opposing electro-motive force, bo…

Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election.

ng, or of registering a vote. Polling booth, a temporary structure where the voting at an election is done; a polling place.

s; multiphase; as, a polyphase machine, a machine producing two or more pressure waves of electro-motive force, differing in phase; a polyphase current.

dart; -- with in, out, upon, off, etc. He that killed my king . . . Popp'd in between the election and my hopes. Shak. A trick of popping up and down every moment. Swift.

aining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections. "Popular states." Bacon. "So the popular vote inclines." Milton. The commonly held in popular estimation are greatest at a distance. J. H. Newman.

Electro-positive.

ivine law does not positively require humility and meekness. Sprat. Positively charged or electrified (Elec.), having a charge of positive electricity; -- opposed to Ant: negatively electrified.

The energy of an electrical charge measured by its power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as referred to some standard, as that of the earth; electro-motive force.

An instrument for measuring or comparing electrial potentials or electro-motive forces.

istrict within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a school precinct.

To elect or choose beforehand. [R.] Walter Harte.

he one receiving the greatest number of first and second choices together in nominated or elected.

The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency.

One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body. Specifically:

Of or pertaining to a president; as, the presidential chair; a presidential election.

Wires leading from various points of an electric system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of the system at those points.

Ore selected for excellence.

applied to produce changes in the volume and pressure of steam, air, or other fluids; and electricity, obtained by chemical action, and applied to produce alternation of magnetic force. (b) An engine, or machine, the object of which is to receive and modify force and motion as supplied by some natural source, and apply…

To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book.