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Webster 1913 Edition
Electrophorus
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E-lecˊtroph′o-rus
,Noun.
pl.
‖Electrophori
(#)
. [NL., fr. combining form
electro-
+ Gr. φέρειν
to bear.] (Physics)
An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shellac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal.
Definition 2024
electrophorus
electrophorus
English
Noun
electrophorus (plural electrophoruses or electrophori)
- (dated, physics) Any early apparatus, consisting of a rubber disk and a metal plate, for generating static electricity