Electrophorus Definition

ĭ-lĕktrŏfər-əs, ēlĕk-
electrophori
noun
An apparatus consisting of an insulated resin disk and a metal plate, used in generating static electricity by induction.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • genus Electrophorus

Other Word Forms of Electrophorus

Noun

Singular:
electrophorus
Plural:
electrophori, electrophoruses

Origin of Electrophorus

  • New Latin electro– Greek -phoros -phorous

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Electrophorus Sentence Examples

  • The first suggestion for a machine of the above kind seems to have grown out of the invention of Volta's electrophorus.

  • Bouchotte have 1 See Lord Kelvin, Reprint of Papers on Electrostatics and Magnetism (1872);" Electrophoric Apparatus and Illustrations of Voltaic Theory,"p. 319;" On Electric Machines Founded on Induction and Convection,"p. 330;" The Reciprocal Electrophorus,"P. 337.

  • The principles of telegraphy (land, submarine and wireless) and of telephony are discussed in the articles Telegraph and Telephone, and various electrical instruments are treated in separate articles such as Amperemeter; Electrometer; Galvanometer; Voltmeter; Wheatstone'S Bridge; Potentiometer; Meter, Electric; Electrophorus; Leyden Jar; &C.

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