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An exclamation expressing various emotions, according to the tone and manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or a wish. See the Note under O.

a, and of the length of 106.3 centimeters. As thus defined it is called the international ohm. Ohm's law (Elec.), the statement of the fact that the strength or intensity of an electrical current is directly proportional to the electro-motive force, and inversely proportional to the resistance of the circuit.…

An instrument for indicating directly resistance in ohms.

An exclamation of surprise, etc.

Acting by the force of air and water; as, an aërohydrodynamic wheel.

Shortened forms of Alcoholate.

Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine…

A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization. Graham.

An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants. New Eng. Dict.

Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.

A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.

The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder. [Obs.] Johnson.

To reduce to a fine powder. [Obs.] Johnson.

e strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale.

Relating to the alcoholometer or alcoholometry. The alcoholometrical strength of spirituous liquors. Ure.

The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain.

Same as Alcoholometer, Alcoholometric.

Any of eight isomeric liquid compounds, C5H11OH; ordinarily, a mixture of two of these forming a colorless liquid with a peculiar cough-exciting odor and burning taste, the chief constituent of fusel oil. It is used as a source of amyl compounds, such as amyl acetate, amyl nitrite, etc.

lectric waves falling on this contrivance increase its resistance several times. The anticoherer can be used in conjunction with a telephone.

Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.