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The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantitty

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The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantitty transferred by one ampère in one second. Formerly called weber.

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  • ACTURE
    Action. Shak.
  • SECOND
    1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other. And he slept and dreamed the second time. Gen. xli. 5. 2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity,
  • ACTURIENCE
    Tendency or impulse to act. Acturience, or desire of action, in one form or another, whether as restlessness, ennui, dissatisfaction, or the imagination of something desirable. J. Grote.
  • FORCE
    To stuff; to lard; to farce. Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak.
  • ACTINOLITE
    A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.
  • ACTINOSTOME
    The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.
  • ELECTRO-MUSCULAR
    Pertaining the reaction of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.
  • HAVENED
    Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
  • ELECTROTYPER
    One who electrotypes.
  • PRODUCIBILITY
    The quality or state of being producible. Barrow.
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  • HAVENER
    A harbor master.
  • ACTUARIAL
    Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity.
  • ACTUALIZE
    To make actual; to realize in action. Coleridge.
  • ELECTRO-DYNAMIC; ELECTRO-DYNAMICAL
    Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.
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  • ELECTRONIC
    Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
  • ELECTRO-BIOLOGIST
    One versed in electro-biology.
  • ACTIVITY
    The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities. "The activity of toil." Palfrey. Syn. -- Liveliness; briskness; quickness.
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    Acting of one's self or of itself; acting without depending on other agents.
  • PHYLACTERED
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  • CHYLIFACTIVE
    Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle.
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    To put in action.
  • INTRACTABILITY
    The quality of being intractable; intractableness. Bp. Hurd.
  • CHARACTERISTIC
    Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.
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    Tending to counteract.
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