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Henry :: Henry (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..

Turn :: Turn (n.) A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll..

Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.

Short-circuiting :: Short-circuiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Short-circui.

Tasimer :: Tasimer (n.) An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It consists essentially of a small rod, disk, or button of carbon, forming part of an electrical circuit, the resistance of which, being varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured, causes variations in the strength of the current, which variations are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer. It is also used for measuring minute changes of temperature..

Telethermometer :: Telethermometer (n.) An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise..

Roundabout :: Roundabout (a.) Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech..

Circuitous :: Circuitous (a.) Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end..

Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit..

Loop :: Loop (n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.

Circuiteer :: Circuiteer (n.) A circuiter.

Terminal :: Terminal (n.) Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole..

Ambagious :: Ambagious (a.) Circumlocutory; circuitous.

Cut-out :: Cut-out (n.) A device for breaking or separating a portion of circuit.

Horoscope :: Horoscope (n.) The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune..

Circuit :: Circuit (n.) That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown..

Run :: Run (n.) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs..

Circuity :: Circuity (n.) A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundabout way of proceeding.

Diocese :: Diocese (n.) The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.

Itinerant :: Itinerant (a.) Passing or traveling about a country; going or preaching on a circuit; wandering; not settled; as, an itinerant preacher; an itinerant peddler..

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