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Mute :: Mute (n.) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak..

Rheometer :: Rheometer (n.) An instrument for measuring currents, especially the force or intensity of electrical currents; a galvanometer..

Preelection :: Preelection (n.) Election beforehand.

Thunderbolt :: Thunderbolt (n.) A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth..

Subsextuple :: Subsesqui- () A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting the combination of constituents (especially electro-negative and electro-positive bodies) in the proportion of two to three; as, a subsesqui acetate, i. e., a salt having two equivalents of acetic acid to three of the base..

Photogalvanography :: Photogalvanography (n.) The art or process of making photo-electrotypes.

Megohm :: Megohm (n.) One of the larger measures of electrical resistance, amounting to one million ohms..

Electrocute :: Electrocute (v. t.) To execute or put to death by electricity. -- E*lec`tro*cution, n. [Recent; Newspaper words].

Parelectronomy :: Parelectronomy (n.) A condition of the muscles induced by exposure to severe cold, in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed..

Megafarad :: Megafarad (n.) One of the larger measures of electrical capacity, amounting to one million farads; a macrofarad..

Electrepeter :: Electrepeter (n.) An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator.

Defloration :: Defloration (n.) That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection.

Elect :: Elect (a.) Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect..

Culling :: Culling (n.) Anything separated or selected from a mass.

Hysteresis :: Hysteresis (n.) A lagging or retardation of the effect, when the forces acting upon a body are changed, as if from velocity or internal friction; a temporary resistance to change from a condition previously induced, observed in magnetism, thermoelectricity, etc., on reversal of polarity..

Galvanography :: Galvanography (n.) A method of producing by means of electrotyping process (without etching) copperplates which can be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates.

Battery :: Battery (v. t.) An apparatus for generating voltaic electricity.

Casket :: Casket (n.) A book of selections.

By-election :: By-election (n.) An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election..

Switched :: Switch (n.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit.

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