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Alpha-naphthol test
noun · 78% connection
biochemical indicator of the presence of carbohydrates in a solution; if carbohydrates are present a violet ring is formed by reaction…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Ball
verb · 78% connection
To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Ballot
noun · 78% connection
The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Baroscope
noun · 78% connection
Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foresh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Billiards
noun · 78% connection
A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Carbonometer
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its act…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Carom
noun · 78% connection
A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Crampfish
noun · 78% connection
The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Detective
adjective · 78% connection
Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Electric energy
noun · 78% connection
(physics) the potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Electrical
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an elec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Electrify
verb · 78% connection
To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Electro-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Electro-bioscopy
noun · 78% connection
A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Electromagnetic radiation
noun · 78% connection
radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric ch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Electrometer
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity; also, sometimes, and less properly, applied to an instrument whi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Face
noun · 78% connection
Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
Force
noun · 78% connection
Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, wh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, detecting, presence, electricity, changes.
