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POSITIVE ELECTRICITY

Definition: POSITIVE ELECTRICITY

POSITIVE ELECTRICITY

1. (Elec), the kind of electricity which is developed when glass is rubbed with silk, or which appears at that pole of a voltaic battery attached to the plate that is not attacked by the exciting liquid; -- formerly called vitreous electricity ; -- opposed to negative electricity .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: POSITIVE ELECTRICITY

English words defined with "POSITIVE ELECTRICITY": Anelectrotonuschargeelectric chargenegative electricityPositive pole, Positively chargedVitre-o-electic, vitreous electricityZincoid. (references)
Specialty definitions using "POSITIVE ELECTRICITY": Ionic Theoryprimary cell batterytotal conductivity. (references)

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Modern Translation: POSITIVE ELECTRICITY

Language Translations for "POSITIVE ELECTRICITY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Japanese Kanji 

  

陽電気 , 正電気 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せいで"き (static electricity), ようで"き. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ositivepay electricityay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: POSITIVE ELECTRICITY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 4F 53 49 54 49 56 45      45 4C 45 43 54 52 49 43 49 54 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01001111 01010011 01001001 01010100 01001001 01010110 01000101 00100000 01000101 01001100 01000101 01000011 01010100 01010010 01001001 01000011 01001001 01010100 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#79 &#83 &#73 &#84 &#73 &#86 &#69 &#32 &#69 &#76 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#82 &#73 &#67 &#73 &#84 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 004F 0053 0049 0054 0049 0056 0045      0045 004C 0045 0043 0054 0052 0049 0043 0049 0054 0059

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

504953435443563923946393754524337435459

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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