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Equal law, or a well-adjusted constitution of government. [R.] Mitford.

An increase in the ratio of transformation of an alternating current converter, accompanied by other changes in electrical conditions, occurring when the secondary of the converter is connected with a condenser of moderate capacity; -- so called because first observed in connection with the Ferranti cables in London.…

of an electric current, usually by the deflection of a magnetic needle. Differential galvanometer. See under Differental, a. -- Sine galvanometer, Cosine galvanometer, Tangent galvanometer (Elec.), a galvanometer in which the sine, cosine, or tangent respectively, of the angle through which the needle is deflected, is…

Of, pertaining to, or measured by, a galvanometer.

The art or process of measuring the force of electric currents.

One fond of good living; an epicure. Sir W. Scott.

Pertaining to gastromony.

A gastromomer.

The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.

A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States.

or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic. A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry. G. R. Lewes. Gnomic Poets, Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.

Gnomonical. Boyle.

In a gnomic, didactic, or sententious manner.

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a gnomology.

A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections. [Obs.] Milton.

A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow.

Of or pertaining to the gnomon, or the art of dialing. Gnomonic projection, a projection of the circles of the sphere, in which the point of sight is taken at the center of the sphere, and the principal plane is tangent to the surface of the sphere. "The gnomonic projection derives its name from the connection between…

According to the principles of the gnomonic projection.

ence of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.

One skilled in gnomonics. Boyle.