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A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal- combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand.

with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body.

Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium. Statical electricity. See Note under Electricity, 1. -- Statical moment. See under Moment.

Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity by means of solid bodies alone; as, a stereoelectric current is one obtained by means of solids, without any liquid.

o irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity.

Collected or accumulated as a reserve supply; as, stored electricity. It is charged with stored virtue. Bagehot.

Of or pertaining to transmission, as of music, to a distance by electricity.

atus recording meteorological phenomena at a distance from the measuring apparatus, as by electricity or by compressed air; esp., an apparatus recording conditions at many distant stations at a central office. -- Tel`e*me`te*or*o*graph"ic (#), a.

usic (Tel*har"mo*ny []), at a distant point or points by means of alternating currents of electricity controlled by an operator who plays on a keyboard. The music is produced by a receiving instrument similar or analogous to the telephone, but not held to the ear. The pitch corresponds with frequency of alternation of…

A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. Fleeming Jenkin. Telpher line, or Telpher road, an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line.

The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. Fleeming Jenkin.

from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area. Tension brace, or Tension member (Engin.), a brace or member designed to resist tension, or subjected to tension, in a structure. -- Tension rod (Engin.), an iron rod used as a tension member to str…

A current, as of electricity, developed, or set in motion, by the action of heat.

Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents.

Of or relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating to thermal effects produced by voltaic action. Faraday.

The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth.

A sharp burst of thunder; a sudden report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity. "Thunderclaps that make them quake." Spenser. When suddenly the thunderclap was heard. Dryden.

A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder.

A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it.