Electricity - Law Dictionary Search Results
Ohm
The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of one volt produces a current
microphone
An instrument for converting sounds into electrical signals for the purpose of recording or amplifying the sounds It produces its effects in various ways as
VerbarMalapterurus
A genus of African siluroid fishes including the electric catfishes See Electric cat under Electric
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electronics
the branch of physics that deals with the behavior of electrons Electronics is primarily concerned with phenomena other than simple conduction such as emission of electrons storage of electrical
Crampfish
The torpedo or electric ray the touch of which gives an electric shock See Electric fish and Torpedo
Commutator
A piece of apparatus used for reversing the direction of an electrical current an attachment to certain electrical machines by means of which alternating currents are made to be continuous
circuit breaker
A device contained within an electrical circuit designed to interrupt the circuit when the current exceeds a preset value it is sometimes called a
Electrometer
An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity also sometimes and less properly applied to an instrument which indicates the presence of electricity usually called an
Electroscope
An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity or changes in the electric state of bodies or the species of electricity present as by means of
Electromotor
A mover or exciter of electricity as apparatus for generating a current of electricity
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