Definition of elect

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Elect (v. t.) To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor..

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Vote :: Vote (n.) A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage..
Joule :: "Joule (n.) A unit of work which is equal to 107 units of work in the C. G. S. system of units (ergs), and is practically equivalent to the energy expended in one second by an electric current of one ampere in a resistance of one ohm. One joule is approximately equal to 0.738 foot pounds..
Elected :: Elected (imp. & p. p.) of Elec.
Lightning :: Lightning (n.) A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder..
Elector :: Elector (n.) In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor..
Magneto-electric :: Magneto-electric (a.) Alt. of Magneto-electrica.
Catelectrode :: Catelectrode (n.) The negative electrode or pole of a voltaic battery.
Precinct :: Precinct (n.) A district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a school precinct..
Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t..
Conductibility :: Conductibility (n.) Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity..
Electrotonous :: Electrotonous (a.) Electrotonic.
Current :: Current (a.) A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity..
Registration :: Registration (v.) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.
Galvanoplasty :: Galvanoplasty (n.) The art or process of electrotypy.
Electrostatics :: Electrostatics (n.) That branch of science which treats of statical electricity or electric force in a state of rest.
Insulation :: Insulation (n.) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity or of heat; also, the state of a body so separated..
Excerpt :: Excerpt (n.) An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action..
Di- :: Di- () A prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia-becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc..
Republic :: Republic (a.) A state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the people, and is exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth. Cf. Democracy, 2..
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