英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Volleys
(pl. )
of Volley
Volow
(v. t.)
To baptize; -- used in contempt by the Reformers.
Volt
(n.)
A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways
round a center makes two concentric tracks.
Volt
(n.)
A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
Volt
(n.)
The unit of electro-motive force; -- defined by the
International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute
as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor
whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one ampere. It is
practically equivalent to / the electro-motive force of a standard
Clark's cell at a temperature of 15¡ C.
Volta
(n.)
A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying
that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta,
once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain modifications in
the close of a repeated strain.
Volta-electric
(a.)
Of or pertaining to voltaic electricity, or
voltaism.
Volta-electrometer
(n.)
An instrument for the exact measurement of
electric currents.
Voltage
(n.)
Electric potential or potential difference, expressed in
volts.
Voltagraphy
(n.)
In electrotypy, the act or art of copying, in metals
deposited by electrolytic action, a form or pattern which is made the
negative electrode.
Voltaic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised
apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and
established this branch of electric science; discovered by Volta; as,
voltaic electricity.
Voltaic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as,
voltaic induction; the voltaic arc.
Voltairean
(a.)
Of or relating to Voltaire, the French author.
Voltairism
(n.)
The theories or practice of Voltaire.
Voltaism
(n.)
That form of electricity which is developed by the
chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic
electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of
electricity; -- called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his
experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals.
Voltameter
(n.)
An instrument for measuring the voltaic electricity
passing through it, by its effect in decomposing water or some other
chemical compound acting as an electrolyte.
Voltaplast
(n.)
A form of voltaic, or galvanic, battery suitable for
use electrotyping.
Voltatype
(n.)
An electrotype.
Volte
(pl. )
of Volta
Volti
(imperative.)
Turn, that is, turn over the leaf.