| electric field |
an area in space over which the effects of an electric charge can be detected. |
| electric guitar |
a guitar that is equipped with a pickup that transmits tones to an amplifier. |
| electrician |
one who installs, maintains, repairs, or operates electrical equipment for a living. |
| electricity |
a physical phenomenon caused by the movement of certain charged particles such as electrons, esp. between points having different electrical charges, and seen in naturally occurring phenomena such as lightning and magnetic attraction and repulsion. [4 definitions] |
| electric needle |
a needle through which electricity runs, used in surgery to cauterize tissue. |
| electric ray |
any of various marine rays that are capable of giving off a strong electrical discharge. |
| electrify |
to charge with electricity. [3 definitions] |
| electro |
electrotype. |
| electro- |
electricity. |
| electrocardiogram |
the graphic pattern traced by an electrocardiograph, which shows electrical activity in the heart muscles and which is used to diagnose heart ailments or malfunction; EKG; ECG; cardiogram. |
| electrocardiograph |
a galvanometer that detects and makes a graphic record of electric activity in the heart muscles, used to detect and diagnose heart disease or malfunction. |
| electrocautery |
the sealing of tissue by an instrument that uses an electric current to produce heat; used, for example, to stop bleeding. |
| electrochemistry |
the branch of chemistry that deals with the production of electricity by chemical changes and vice versa. |
| electroconvulsive therapy |
see "electroshock therapy." |
| electrocute |
to kill by electricity, esp. to execute (a condemned prisoner) by electricity, as in an electric chair. |
| electrode |
a solid conductor through which an electric current enters or exits from an electric or electronic device. [2 definitions] |
| electrodynamics |
(used with a sing. verb) the branch of physics that deals with the relationship between electric, magnetic, and mechanical phenomena. |
| electroencephalogram |
the graphic pattern recorded by an electroencephalograph of electric activity in the brain; EEG. |
| electroencephalograph |
an instrument that measures and records electric activity in the brain. |
| electroless |
combined form of electro. |
| electrologist |
one who is trained in the use of electrolysis to remove body hair, moles, and warts. |