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Definition of Electro

1. n. An electrotype.

Definition of Electro

1. Noun. (countable obsolete) An electrotype ¹

2. Noun. (uncountable music) An electronic style of hip hop; electrofunk ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Electro

1. to make a metallic copy of a page of type for printing [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Electro

Literary usage of Electro

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"This variation of the physical state and intrinsic energy of the liberated ions is a fact of the greatest importance in the art of electro-metallurgy. ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1903)
"This new and revised edition of Watt's "electro-deposition" will be most heartily welcomed by all persons interested in the art of electro-plating and ..."

3. Mathematical and Physical Papers: Collected from Different Scientific by Baron William Thomson Kelvin, Sir Joseph Larmor, James Prescott Joule (1882)
"IN a short paper " On the Theory of electro-magnetic Induction," [Art. xxxv. above], communicated to the British Association in 1848*, I demonstrated that ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on the Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity by George Miller Beard, Alphonso David Rockwell (1888)
"electro-physics is the science which treats of electricity in its physical relations. No one can be a master in electro-therapeutics without also being a ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1857)
"The electro-motive power of a cut muscle is independent of the size of ... The electro-motive power increases with the length of the muscle. c. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by William Thomas Brande, George William Cox (1867)
"electro-ballistic Apparatus. An instrument for determining by electricity the ... electro-chemistry. That branch of chemical science describing the especial ..."

7. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1887)
"electro-physics are incidentally discussed, in addition to the subjects which the title indicates; this reprint constitutes, therefore, a fairly complete ..."

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