Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An apparatus for generating static electricity, consisting of a hard rubber disk that is given a negative charge by friction and a metal plate that is given a net positive charge by induction when in contact with the disk.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pl. electrophori (-rī). An instrument for obtaining statical electricity by means of induction.
- noun [capitalized] The typical genus of Electrophoridæ. There is but one species, the electric eel, E. electricus. Gill, 1864. See cut under
eel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shellac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated, physics Any early apparatus, consisting of a rubber disk and a metal plate, for generating
static electricity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity
- noun type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels
Etymologies
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I first excite the electrophorus in the usual manner, and you see that it then influences a charge in its top plate; the charge in the resinous compound is known as negative, while the charge induced in its top plate is known as positive.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 Various
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Italian scientist Alexander Volta in 1775 gave the electrophorus the form which it retains to the present day.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 Various
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This Volta electrophorus, and these three blackboards, will serve for the purpose.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 Various
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Of late years the principle of induction, which is the secret of the Leyden jar and electrophorus, has been applied in constructing
The Story of Electricity John Munro 1889
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These tiny sparks from the electrophorus, or the bigger discharges of an electrical machine, can be stored in a simple apparatus called a Leyden jar, which was discovered by accident.
The Story of Electricity John Munro 1889
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When the charged plate or conductor of the electrophorus touches the knob the inner foil takes a positive charge, which induces a negative charge in the outer foil through the glass.
The Story of Electricity John Munro 1889
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My Thursday was drawing to a close; I had to return to Avignon, to resume my lessons on the electrophorus and the
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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By vicinity; Volta's electrophorus and Bennet's doubler.
Contents 1803
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By vicinity; Volta's electrophorus and Rennet's doubler.
The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes Erasmus Darwin 1766
qms commented on the word electrophorus
In labs that the old movies offer us
The science is mad and preposterous:
Alembics that bubble
As foretastes of trouble
And ominous electrophorous
March 29, 2017