英语词汇“animal electricity”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

animal electricity n. now chiefly historical electrical currents generated within an animal's body, esp. in relation to nerve impulses and muscular activity.

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animal electricity1765

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animal electricity1765

electromotive force1824

bioelectricity1925

protonmotive force1966

1765 Ann. Reg. 1764 i. Chron. 90/2 (heading) A letter in the Dutch Philosophical Transactions, on the animal electricity of the conger-eel.

1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 81/2 It is in the mode of its development that the chief peculiarity of Animal Electricity consists.

1962 Audel's New Mech Dict. 27/2 Animal electricity, several species of creatures inhabiting the water have the power of producing electrical discharges by certain portions of their organism.

1995 E. A. Davis Sci. in Making I. ii. 53 Similar convulsions [occurred] when two different metals attached to a frog were brought into contact, a phenomenon which Galvani attributed to ‘animal electricity’.

b. With distinguishing adjective denoting (a) the source or mode of production, as frictional electricity, galvanic electricity, etc.; (b) the place where it arises, as animal electricity, atmospheric electricity, etc.; (c) the quality or kind, as free electricity, negative electricity, etc.

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1734 tr. C. F. de C. Du Fay in Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 264 A Body of the vitreous Electricity [Fr. l'électricité vitrée], for Example, repels all such as are of the same Electricity; and..attracts all those of the resinous Electricity.

1754 B. Franklin New Exper. & Observ. Electr. 123 I have reported in this and former papers relating to positive and negative electricity.

1765 Ann. Reg. 1764 90/2 (heading) A letter in the Dutch Philosophical Transactions, on the animal electricity of the conger-eel.

1776 tr. G. Beccaria Treat. Artific. Electr. iv. iv. 297 Its use was to fix one of the extremities of the long iron wire with which they used..to observe the state of the atmospheric electricity.

1800 Philos. Mag. 7 337 Mr. Carlisle had been making some experiments which were likely to lead to some important discovery in Galvanic electricity.

1832 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. Galvanism. iv. §30. 12 The circulation of voltaic electricity produces an elevation of temperature.

1860 R. W. Emerson Wealth in Conduct of Life 102 The genius of reading and of gardening are antagonistic, like resinous and vitreous electricity.

1936 W. Seifriz Protoplasm xviii. 334 The experiment of Galvani on muscle contraction was the first in electrophysiology and among the first in dynamic, or galvanic, electricity.

1966 R. Webster Pract. Gemmol. (ed. 4) xviii. 179 Amber... It exhibits negative frictional electricity, that is it will pick up small pieces of tissue paper after being rubbed briskly on a cloth.

2002 F. Close et al. Particle Odyssey ii. 31 He soon abandoned the experiments with his ‘cloud chamber’, and turned instead to work on atmospheric electricity.

单词	animal electricity
释义	> as lemmas animal electricity animal electricity n. now chiefly historical electrical currents generated within an animal's body, esp. in relation to nerve impulses and muscular activity. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > internal organs and systems > [noun] > animal electricity animal electricity1765 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electricity in living organisms > [noun] animal electricity1765 electromotive force1824 bioelectricity1925 protonmotive force1966 1765 Ann. Reg. 1764 i. Chron. 90/2 (heading) A letter in the Dutch Philosophical Transactions, on the animal electricity of the conger-eel. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 81/2 It is in the mode of its development that the chief peculiarity of Animal Electricity consists. 1962 Audel's New Mech Dict. 27/2 Animal electricity, several species of creatures inhabiting the water have the power of producing electrical discharges by certain portions of their organism. 1995 E. A. Davis Sci. in Making I. ii. 53 Similar convulsions [occurred] when two different metals attached to a frog were brought into contact, a phenomenon which Galvani attributed to ‘animal electricity’. extracted from animaln. animal electricity b. With distinguishing adjective denoting (a) the source or mode of production, as frictional electricity, galvanic electricity, etc.; (b) the place where it arises, as animal electricity, atmospheric electricity, etc.; (c) the quality or kind, as free electricity, negative electricity, etc. ΚΠ 1734 tr. C. F. de C. Du Fay in Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 264 A Body of the vitreous Electricity [Fr. l'électricité vitrée], for Example, repels all such as are of the same Electricity; and..attracts all those of the resinous Electricity. 1754 B. Franklin New Exper. & Observ. Electr. 123 I have reported in this and former papers relating to positive and negative electricity. 1765 Ann. Reg. 1764 90/2 (heading) A letter in the Dutch Philosophical Transactions, on the animal electricity of the conger-eel. 1776 tr. G. Beccaria Treat. Artific. Electr. iv. iv. 297 Its use was to fix one of the extremities of the long iron wire with which they used..to observe the state of the atmospheric electricity. 1800 Philos. Mag. 7 337 Mr. Carlisle had been making some experiments which were likely to lead to some important discovery in Galvanic electricity. 1832 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. Galvanism. iv. §30. 12 The circulation of voltaic electricity produces an elevation of temperature. 1860 R. W. Emerson Wealth in Conduct of Life 102 The genius of reading and of gardening are antagonistic, like resinous and vitreous electricity. 1936 W. Seifriz Protoplasm xviii. 334 The experiment of Galvani on muscle contraction was the first in electrophysiology and among the first in dynamic, or galvanic, electricity. 1966 R. Webster Pract. Gemmol. (ed. 4) xviii. 179 Amber... It exhibits negative frictional electricity, that is it will pick up small pieces of tissue paper after being rubbed briskly on a cloth. 2002 F. Close et al. Particle Odyssey ii. 31 He soon abandoned the experiments with his ‘cloud chamber’, and turned instead to work on atmospheric electricity. extracted from electricityn. < as lemmas
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