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roscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power. Nichol.

A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all. Knight. Partial differential (Math.), the differential of a function of two or more variables, when only one of the variables receives an increment. -- Total differential (Math.), the…

ends, and insulated by a glass handle. It is employed for discharging a Leyden jar or an electrical battery. See Discharger.

One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or electrical battery, by making a connection between the two surfaces; a discharging rod.

ion; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. Nichol.

An apparatus for distributing an electric current, either to various points in rotation, as in some motors, or along two or more lines in parallel, as in a distributing system.

An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.

istinct constituents, themselves simple or complex, and possessed of opposite chemical or electrical affinities.

ology. As natural science has become more dynamic, so has history. Prof. Shedd. Dynamical electricity. See under Electricity.

A dynamo-electric machine.

and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.

An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; -- called also Foucault current.

nera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.

An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator. [R.]

Capable of receiving electricity, or of being charged with it.

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.

The recognition by an animal body of the electrical condition of external objects.

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.