electro-, electr-, electri-
(Greek > Latin: electric, electricity)
From amber, resembling amber, generated from amber which when rubbed vigorously [as by friction], produced the effect of static electricity, as described by Dr. William Gilbert [1540-1603] in a treatise on the magnet in 1600.
electroluminescent
electrolysis
electrolyte
electrolytic
electrolyze
electromagnet
1. A temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet.
2. A magnet consisting of a core, often made of soft iron, that is temporarily magnetized by an electric current flowing through a coil that surrounds it.
electromagnetic
1. Created by or relating to electromagnetism.
2. Involving both electricity and magnetism.
Electromagnetic interferance (EMI
Interference caused when the radio waves of one device distort the waves of another.
Cells phones, wireless computers and even robots in factories can produce radio waves that interfere with RFID tags.
Electromagnetic Library Security System
A security system that uses magnetic strips in objects that are read by a scanner in an antenna or a sensitizer/desensitizer.
electromagnetic vulnerability
The characteristics of a system that cause it to suffer a definite degradation (incapability of performing a designated mission) as a result of having been subjected to a certain level of electromagnetic environmental effects.
—Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; US Department of Defense.
electromanometer
electrometer
electrometrogram
An electrical record of a locomotive regarding its speed and the number and duration of its stops.
electromigratory
Moving under the influence of electric current.
electromotion
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