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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>ELECTROT</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="electroscopic"> electroscopic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an electroscope. </DL> <A NAME="electrosensitive"> electrosensitive, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> readily affected by electric current; sensitive to electricity. Ex. electrosensitive paper. </DL> <A NAME="electroshock"> electroshock, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =electric shock. <DD> 2. =electroshock therapy. </DL> <A NAME="electroshocktherapy"> electroshock therapy or treatment,<DL COMPACT><DD> shock therapy using an electric current passed through the brain. Ex. He has received electroshock therapy to relieve his despondency (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="electroslag"> electroslag, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a method of welding or refining metals by passing an electric current through molten metal and a layer of slag in which impurities are dissolved. </DL> <A NAME="electrosleep"> electrosleep, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> sleep induced by passing an electric current through the brain between electrodes placed on the temples. Ex. [Russian physicians] indicated "good results" in using electrically induced relaxation and sleep--electrosleep--to treat various ailments (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="electrostatic"> electrostatic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with static electricity. Ex. The Van de Graaff electrostatic accelerator can produce ion beams having a very stable energy up to 5 Mev. (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). <DD> 2. of or having to do with electrostatics. adv. electrostatically. </DL> <A NAME="electrostaticfield"> electrostatic field,<DL COMPACT><DD> an electric field produced by electric charges which are stationary or at rest. </DL> <A NAME="electrostaticgenerator"> electrostatic generator, =Van de Graaff generator.</DL> <A NAME="electrostaticinduction"> electrostatic induction,<DL COMPACT><DD> the production of an electric charge in a body by the influence of another body that is charged with electricity; electric induction. </DL> <A NAME="electrostaticprecipitator"> electrostatic precipitator,<DL COMPACT><DD> a device for removing dust, pollen, or other particles from the air by subjecting them to an electrostatic charge so that they may be collected on a plate with an opposite charge. Ex. Electrostatic precipitators are among the most important air cleaners because they run so efficiently and have so many different uses (Frank H. Faust). </DL> <A NAME="electrostaticprinting"> electrostatic printing,<DL COMPACT><DD> any process of printing or copying by the use of electrostatic charges instead of ink or pressure. The best known process of electrostatic printing is xerography. </DL> <A NAME="electrostatics"> electrostatics, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of physics that deals with static electricity and with objects charged with electricity. </DL> <A NAME="electrostaticunit"> electrostatic unit,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Electricity.) a unit based primarily upon the force exerted between two electric charges. The fundamental c.g.s. unit in this system is that unit charge which would repel with a force of one dyne a like and equal charge placed at a distance of one centimeter. (Abbr:) e.s.u. or esu (no periods). </DL> <A NAME="electrostethograph"> electrostethograph, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a very sensitive, electrically operated instrument used to record sounds of the heart. Ex. The medical instrument is an electrostethograph, which gives doctors a high-fidelity record of heart sounds so faint they cannot be heard by the human ear even aided by a physician's stethoscope (Science News Letter). </DL> <A NAME="electrosurgery"> electrosurgery, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the use of electric currents in surgery; surgical diathermy. </DL> <A NAME="electrosurgical"> electrosurgical, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with electrosurgery. Ex. electrosurgical knives. </DL> <A NAME="electrotactic"> electrotactic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with electrotaxis. </DL> <A NAME="electrotaxis"> electrotaxis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the adjustment or movement of organisms or cells in relation to electric currents. </DL> <A NAME="electrotechnical"> electrotechnical, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with electrotechnology. Ex. electrotechnical engineering. </DL> <A NAME="electrotechnician"> electrotechnician, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies electrotechnology. </DL> <A NAME="electrotechnics"> electrotechnics, noun. =electrotechnology.</DL> <A NAME="electrotechnology"> electrotechnology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the science that deals with the practical applications of electricity. Ex. This full sweep can already be discerned dimly in one recent episode in electrotechnology: the production of the transistor (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="electrotherapeutic"> electrotherapeutic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with electrotherapy. </DL> <A NAME="electrotherapeutical"> electrotherapeutical, adjective. =electrotherapeutic.</DL> <A NAME="electrotherapeutics"> electrotherapeutics, noun. =electrotherapy.</DL> <A NAME="electrotherapeutist"> electrotherapeutist, noun. =electrotherapist.</DL> <A NAME="electrotherapist"> electrotherapist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies electrotherapy. </DL> <A NAME="electrotherapy"> electrotherapy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the treatment of disease by electricity, as in diathermy. </DL> <A NAME="electrothermal"> electrothermal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with heat produced by electricity. </DL> <A NAME="electrothermic"> electrothermic, adjective. =electrothermal.</DL> <A NAME="electrotonic"> electrotonic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with electrotonus. </DL> <A NAME="electrotonicity"> electrotonicity, noun. =electrotonus.</DL> <A NAME="electrotonus"> electrotonus, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the altered condition of a nerve or muscle during the passage of an electric current through it. </DL> <A NAME="electrotype"> electrotype, noun, verb, -typed, -typing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a metal or composition plate used in printing. It is a copy of a page of type, an engraving, or the like, made by electroplating a wax mold of the original. <DD> 2. a print made from such a plate. <DD> 3. =electrotyping. <DD>v.t., v.i. to make such a plate or plates (of). </DL> <A NAME="electrotyper"> electrotyper, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person whose work is the making of electrotypes. </DL> <A NAME="electrotypesetter"> electro-typesetter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a machine that through electrically transmitted messages automatically sets type. Newspapers which use it can publish simultaneously in many cities. </DL> <A NAME="electrotypic"> electrotypic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or made by means of electrotyping. </DL> <A NAME="electrotyping"> electrotyping, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the process of making electrotypes; electrotypy. </DL> <A NAME="electrotypist"> electrotypist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person skilled in electrotyping. </DL> <A NAME="electrotypy"> electrotypy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the process of making electrotypes. </DL> <A NAME="electrovalence"> electrovalence, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the number of electrons gained or lost by an atom when it becomes an ion in a compound; polar valence. </DL> <A NAME="electrovalency"> electrovalency, noun, pl. -cies. =electrovalence.</DL> <A NAME="electrovalent"> electrovalent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or producing electrovalence. </DL> <A NAME="electroweak"> electroweak, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) uniting weak and electromagnetic interactions, as in the Weinberg-Salam theory. Ex. Abdus Salam, one of the people who started the work on the unified field theory, has been going around calling it "electroweak," This follows the historical precedent whereby the 19th century coined electromagnetism out of electricity and magnetism (Science News). </DL> <A NAME="electrowinning"> electrowinning, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the process of extracting metal from a solution by means of electrolysis. </DL> <A NAME="electrum"> electrum, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pale-yellow, natural alloy of gold and silver, used by the ancients. </DL> <A NAME="electuary"> electuary, noun, pl. -aries.<DL COMPACT><DD> a medicinal paste of powdered drugs and syrup or honey. </DL> <A NAME="eledoisin"> eledoisin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a drug, originally obtained as an active polypeptide from the salivary glands of two species of octopuses, used to dilate blood vessels, reduce blood pressure, and stimulate smooth muscles. </DL> <A NAME="eleemosynarily"> eleemosynarily, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> by way of charity; charitably. </DL> <A NAME="eleemosynary"> eleemosynary, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or for charity; charitable. Ex. But the monasteries still continue to train their monks and carry on education and eleemosynary work (Atlantic). <DD> 2. provided by charity; free. Ex. Eleemosynary relief never yet tranquilized the working classes--it never made them grateful (Charlotte Bronte). <DD> 3. dependent on charity; supported by charity. </DL> <A NAME="elegance"> elegance, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. good taste; refined grace and richness; luxury free from coarseness. Ex. We admired the elegance of the lady's clothes. (SYN) fineness, choiceness. <DD> 2. something elegant. </DL> <A NAME="elegancy"> elegancy, noun, pl. -cies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. something elegant. Ex. Clothes and their accessories, although elegancies, are also necessaries; cosmetics are vanities (Punch). <DD> 2. good taste; elegance. </DL> <A NAME="elegant"> elegant, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. showing good taste; refined; beautifully luxurious. Ex. The palace had elegant furnishings. (SYN) superior. <DD> 2. expressed with taste; correct and polished in expression or arrangement. Ex. an elegant style of writing. <DD> 3. (Informal.) nice; choice; fine. adv. elegantly. </DL> <A HREF="elegante.dic">NEXT</A>