Henry
['henrɪ] or ['hɛnri]
Definition
(noun.) United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878).
(noun.) a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799).
(noun.) English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836).
(noun.) a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second.
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Definition
(n.) The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one ampere a second.
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Definition
n. (electr.) the practical unit of self-induction—from Joseph Henry American physicist (1797-1878).
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Examples
- The scheme was soon repeated to Henry. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But I hope you HAD finished your reading, Henry? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Your eyes turned across to the unframed portrait of Henry Ward Beecher which stands upon the top of your books. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I wonder which she will think the handsomest, Henry or John? Jane Austen. Emma.
- Henry Crawford was as much struck with it as any. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Stephenson and Henry Booth built the Rocket, and, as this was the only engine that fulfilled all the conditions, took the prize. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But only think what that tiresome Henry has done; really, he exceeds brother-in-law's limits. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- From Fort Henry expeditions were to be sent against Eastport, Mississippi, and Paris, Tennessee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I never lecture Henry, never feel disposed to do so. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Henry could not have afforded her such a house. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Mr. Henry Lennox was excessively struck by the change. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He cannot eat it, said Henry. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Bell, aged twenty-eight, explained his new idea to Henry, then aged seventy-eight. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Henry never gives me trouble; she--well, she did. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Very decidedly I called Henry to the door. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Ursula