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An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.

One versed in electro-biology.

wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current.

f 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.

One who is versed in elocution; a teacher of elocution.

, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments. In philosophical language, the term empirical means simply what belongs to or is the product of experience or observation. Sir W. Hamilton. The village carpenter . . . lays out his work by empirical rules le…

A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates. Shak.

One versed in entomology.

One versed in the science of the Entozoa.

A student of, or one versed in, epigraphy.

One who is versed in ethics, or has written on ethics.

One versed in ethnology; a student of ethnology.

r less expected. I have made several discoveries, which appear new, even to those who are versed in critical learning. Addison.

One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; -- also called exegete.

Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.

A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law. Spelman.

The science of raising and expending the public revenue. "Versed in the details of finance." Macaulay.

In force, or Of force, of unimpaired efficacy; valid; of full virtue; not suspended or reversed. "A testament is of force after men are dead." Heb. ix. 17. -- Metabolic force (Physiol.), the influence which causes and controls the metabolism of the body. -- No force, no matter of urgency or consequence; no account;…

One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist. Joseph Black.

e, AF is the tangent, CG is the cotangent, OF is the secant OG is the cosecant, AD is the versed sine, and CE is the coversed sine of the are AB. If the length of AB be represented by x (OA being unity) then the lengths of Functions. these lines (OA being unity) are the trigonometrical functions of x, and are written s…