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1. † abnerval, adj. View full entry 1879
...Of an electrical current in muscle: moving away from the neuromuscular junction....
2. AC/DC, adj. View full entry 1898
...Electr. Of an electrical system or device: compatible with both alternating current and direct current....
3. acidimeter, n. View full entry 1818
...An instrument (or occas. other means) for measuring the strength of acids; esp. (in later use) an electronic device for indicating the pH of a sample....
4. acierage, n. View full entry 1852
...The action or process of coating metal, esp. an engraved copper plate, with a thin layer of steel by means of an electric current....
5. ack, n. View full entry 1898
...A syllable used to represent the letter a in signalling and telephone communications, and in the oral spelling of messages....
6. acoustically, adv. View full entry 1834
...With regard or in relation to audible sound or the science of acoustics....
7. actinism, n. View full entry 1845
...The property by which light or other electromagnetic radiation causes chemical change, as in traditional photography and in photosynthesis. Also in extended use and in figurative contexts....
8. actinize, v. View full entry 1844
...trans. To chemically change (esp. a photographic film or plate) by means of exposure to light. Cf. actinic1, actinism1....
9. actinograph, n. View full entry 1840
...An instrument for recording variations in the intensity of solar radiation....
10. actinography, n. View full entry 1853
...An alternative name proposed for: photography. Obs....
11. actinometer, n. View full entry 1833
...Originally: an instrument for measuring the heating power of the sun's radiation. Later more widely: one for measuring the intensity of solar radiation (cf. actinograph1)....
12. actioner, n. View full entry 1825
...A shareholder; = actionary Cf. action9. Obs.rare....
13. addressable, adj. View full entry 1828
...Capable of being addressed (in various senses of the verb)....
14. adiactinic, adj. View full entry 1845
...Of a substance: not diactinic, opaque to actinic light....
15. adsorption, n. View full entry 1871
...The process or phenomenon by which molecules of a gas, liquid, or solute bind to and form a film or layer on the surface of a material, typically a solid, with which...
16. Adurol, n. View full entry 1898
...A photographic developer containing chlorohydroquinone, C6H5O2Cl....
17. aero-, comb. form View full entry 1865
...With reference to air or the air....
18. aerodynamic, adj. View full entry 1898
...Engin. Of or relating to aerodynamics or the phenomena with which it is concerned....
19. aerodynamics, n. View full entry 1837
...With sing. and (rare) pl. concord. The branch of science that deals with the properties of air and other gases in motion and the interaction between...
20. aerogram, n. View full entry 1890
...A message sent by (an imagined) aircraft or airline. Obs.nonce-use....
