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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Electric \E*lec"tric\ ([-e]*l[e^]k"tr[i^]k), Electrical
\E*lec"tric*al\ ([-e]*l[e^]k"tr[i^]*kal), a. [L. electrum amber,
a mixed metal, Gr. 'h`lektron; akin to 'hle`ktwr the beaming
sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. ['e]lectrique. The
name came from the production of electricity by the friction
of amber.]
1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing,
derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric
power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an
electric spark; an electric charge; an electric current;
an electrical engineer.
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2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as,
an electric or electrical machine or substance; an
electric generator.
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3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. ``Electric Pindar.''
--Mrs. Browning.
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4. powered by electricity; as, electrical appliances; an
electric toothbrush; an electric automobile.
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Electric atmosphere, or Electric aura. See under Aura.
Electrical battery. See Battery.
Electrical brush. See under Brush.
Electric cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.
Electric candle. See under Candle.
Electric cat (Zo["o]l.), one of three or more large species
of African catfish of the genus Malapterurus (esp. M.
electricus of the Nile). They have a large electrical
organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also
sheathfish.
Electric clock. See under Clock, and see
Electro-chronograph.
Electric current, a current or stream of electricity
traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting
substances, or passing by means of conductors from one
body to another which is in a different electrical state.
Electric eel, or Electrical eel (Zo["o]l.), a South
American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus Gymnotus
({G. electricus), from two to five feet in length,
capable of giving a violent electric shock. See
Gymnotus.
Electrical fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish which has an
electrical organ by means of which it can give an
electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo,
the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the electric
cat. See Torpedo, and Gymnotus.
Electric fluid, the supposed matter of electricity;
lightning. [archaic]
Electrical image (Elec.), a collection of electrical points
regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena,
an image of certain other electrical points, and used in
the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson.
Electric machine, or Electrical machine, an apparatus for
generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by
friction.
Electric motor. See Electro-motor, 2.
Electric osmose. (Physics) See under Osmose.
Electric pen, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for
multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at
great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the
penhandle.
Electric railway, a railway in which the machinery for
moving the cars is driven by an electric current.
Electric ray (Zo["o]l.), the torpedo.
Electric telegraph. See Telegraph.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Clock \Clock\ (kl[o^]k), n. [AS. clucge bell; akin to D. klok
clock, bell, G. glocke, Dan. klokke, Sw. klocka, Icel. klukka
bell, LL. clocca, cloca (whence F. cloche); al perh. of
Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. clog bell, clock, W. cloch
bell. Cf. Cloak.]
1. A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and
other divisions; in ordinary mechanical clocks for
domestic or office use the time is indicated on a
typically circular face or dial plate containing two
hands, pointing to numbers engraved on the periphery of
the face, thus showing the hours and minutes. The works of
a mechanical clock are moved by a weight or a spring, and
it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the
stroke of a hammer on a bell. In electrical or electronic
clocks, the time may be indicated, as on a mechanical
clock, by hands, but may also be indicated by direct
digital readout, with the hours and minutes in normal
Arabic numerals. The readout using hands is often called
analog to distinguish it from the digital readout. Some
clocks also indicate the seconds. Clocks are not adapted,
like the watch, to be carried on the person. Specialized
clocks, such as atomic clocks, may be constructed on
different principles, and may have a very high precision
for use in scientific observations.
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2. A watch, esp. one that strikes. [Obs.] --Walton.
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3. The striking of a clock. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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4. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a
stocking. --Swift.
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Note: The phrases what o'clock? it is nine o'clock, etc., are
contracted from what of the clock? it is nine of the
clock, etc.
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Alarm clock. See under Alarm.
Astronomical clock.
(a) A clock of superior construction, with a compensating
pendulum, etc., to measure time with great accuracy,
for use in astronomical observatories; -- called a
regulator when used by watchmakers as a standard for
regulating timepieces.
(b) A clock with mechanism for indicating certain
astronomical phenomena, as the phases of the moon,
position of the sun in the ecliptic, equation of time,
etc.
Electric clock.
(a) A clock moved or regulated by electricity or
electro-magnetism.
(b) A clock connected with an electro-magnetic recording
apparatus.
Ship's clock (Naut.), a clock arranged to strike from one
to eight strokes, at half hourly intervals, marking the
divisions of the ship's watches.
Sidereal clock, an astronomical clock regulated to keep
sidereal time.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Electric \E*lec"tric\, Electrical \E*lec"tric*al\, a. [L.
electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr. ?; akin to ? the beaming
sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. ['e]lectrique. The
name came from the production of electricity by the friction
of amber.]
1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing,
derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric
power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an
electric spark.
2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as,
an electric or electrical machine or substance.
3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. ``Electric Pindar.''
--Mrs. Browning.
Electric atmosphere, or Electric aura. See under Aura.
Electrical battery. See Battery.
Electrical brush. See under Brush.
Electric cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.
Electric candle. See under Candle.
Electric cat (Zo["o]l.), one of three or more large species
of African catfish of the genus Malapterurus (esp. M.
electricus of the Nile). They have a large electrical
organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also
sheathfish.
Electric clock. See under Clock, and see
Electro-chronograph.
Electric current, a current or stream of electricity
traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting
substances, or passing by means of conductors from one
body to another which is in a different electrical state.
Electric, or Electrical, eel (Zo["o]l.), a South American
eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus Gymnotus ({G.
electricus), from two to five feet in length, capable of
giving a violent electric shock. See Gymnotus.
Electrical fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish which has an
electrical organ by means of which it can give an
electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo,
the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the electric cat. See
Torpedo, and Gymnotus.
Electric fluid, the supposed matter of electricity;
lightning.
Electrical image (Elec.), a collection of electrical points
regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena,
an image of certain other electrical points, and used in
the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson.
Electrical light, the light produced by a current of
electricity which in passing through a resisting medium
heats it to incandescence or burns it. See under Carbon.
Electric, or Electrical, machine, an apparatus for
generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by
friction.
Electric motor. See Electro-motor, 2.
Electric osmose. (Physics) See under Osmose.
Electric pen, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for
multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at
great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the
penhandle.
Electric railway, a railway in which the machinery for
moving the cars is driven by an electric current.
Electric ray (Zo["o]l.), the torpedo.
Electric telegraph. See Telegraph.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Clock \Clock\, n. [AS. clucge bell; akin to D. klok clock, bell,
G. glocke, Dan. klokke, Sw. klocka, Icel. klukka bell, LL.
clocca, cloca (whence F. cloche); al perh. of Celtic origin;
cf. Ir. & Gael. clog bell, clock, W. cloch bell. Cf.
Cloak.]
1. A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and
other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate.
Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is
often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of
a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to
be carried on the person.
2. A watch, esp. one that strikes. [Obs.] --Walton.
3. The striking of a clock. [Obs.] --Dryden.
4. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a
stocking. --Swift.
Note: The phrases what o'clock? it is nine o'clock, etc., are
contracted from what of the clock? it is nine of the
clock, etc.
Alarm clock. See under Alarm.
Astronomical clock.
(a) A clock of superior construction, with a compensating
pendulum, etc., to measure time with great accuracy,
for use in astronomical observatories; -- called a
regulator when used by watchmakers as a standard for
regulating timepieces.
(b) A clock with mechanism for indicating certain
astronomical phenomena, as the phases of the moon,
position of the sun in the ecliptic, equation of time,
etc.
Electric clock.
(a) A clock moved or regulated by electricity or
electro-magnetism.
(b) A clock connected with an electro-magnetic recording
apparatus.
Ship's clock (Naut.), a clock arranged to strike from one
to eight strokes, at half hourly intervals, marking the
divisions of the ship's watches.
Sidereal clock, an astronomical clock regulated to keep
sidereal time.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
electric clock
n : a clock using a small electric motor
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
electric clock /ɪlˈɛktɹɪk klˈɒk/
elektrické hodiny
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