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Webster 1913 Edition


Electrophorus

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E-lecˊtroph′o-rus

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Noun.
;
pl.
‖Electrophori
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[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.