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Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current. Electro-magnetic engine, an engine in which the motive force is electro-magnetism. -- Electro-magnetic theory of light , a theory of light which

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Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current. Electro-magnetic engine, an engine in which the motive force is electro-magnetism. -- Electro-magnetic theory of light , a theory of light which makes it consist in the rapid alternation of transient electric currents moving transversely to the direction of the ray.

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• FORCE
  To stuff; to lard; to farce. Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak.
• ELECTRO-MUSCULAR
  Pertaining the reaction of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.
• LIGHT
  licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuhap, Icel. lj, L. lux light, lucere to 1. That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Note: Light was regarded formerly
• MAGNETICIAN
  One versed in the science of magnetism; a magnetist.
• ELECTROTYPER
  One who electrotypes.
• PRODUCIBILITY
  The quality or state of being producible. Barrow.
• ENGINER
  A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines. Shak.
• ENGINERY
  1. The act or art of managing engines, or artillery. Milton. 2. Engines, in general; instruments of war. Training his devilish enginery. Milton. 3. Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement. Shenstone.
• ELECTRO-DYNAMIC; ELECTRO-DYNAMICAL
  Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.
• ELECTRO-CAPILLARITY
  The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge.
• ELECTRONIC
  Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
• ELECTRO-BIOLOGIST
  One versed in electro-biology.
• LIGHTSOME
  1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness
• ELECTRICIAN
  An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.
• ELECTROLOGY
  That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties.
• ELECTRO-CHRONOGRAPH
  An instrument for obtaining an accurate record of the time at which any observed phenomenon occurs, or of its duration. It has an electro-magnetic register connected with a clock. See Chronograph.
• ELECTROTYPE
  A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively. Note: The face of an electrotype consists of a shell of copper, silver, or the like, produced by the action
• PRODUCEMENT
  Production.
• ELECTRO-GILDING
  The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.
• LIGHTNESS
  The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace. Syn. -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility;
• AIR ENGINE
  An engine driven by heated or by compressed air. Knight.
• SLIGHTNESS
  The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
• ANELECTRIC
  Not becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric. -- n.
• DIRECT CURRENT
  A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current. A direct induced current, or momentary current of the same direction as the
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• JAPAN CURRENT
  A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific; -- called also Kuro-Siwo, or Black Stream, in allusion
• DRUMMOND LIGHT
  A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called
• REINFORCEMENT
  See REëNFORCEMENT
• VORTEX THEORY
  The theory, advanced by Thomson on the basis of investigation by Helmholtz, that the atoms are vortically moving ring-shaped masses (or masses of other forms having a similar internal motion) of a homogeneous, incompressible, frictionless fluid.
• PHASING CURRENT
  The momentary current between two alternating-current generators when juxtaposed in parallel and not agreeing exactly in phase or period.
• RADIANT ENGINE
  A semiradial engine. See Radial engine, above.
• ALTERNATING CURRENT
  A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow.