torpedo

torpedo
Electric E*lec"tric ([-e]*l[e^]k"tr[i^]k), Electrical E*lec"tric*al ([-e]*l[e^]k"tr[i^]*kal), a. [L. electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr. 'h`lektron; akin to 'hle`ktwr the beaming sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. ['e]lectrique. The name came from the production of electricity by the friction of amber.] 1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark; an electric charge; an electric current; an electrical engineer. [1913 Webster]

2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance; an electric generator. [1913 Webster]

3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. ``Electric Pindar.'' --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]

4. powered by electricity; as, electrical appliances; an electric toothbrush; an electric automobile. [WordNet 1.5]

{Electric atmosphere}, or {Electric aura}. See under {Aura}.

{Electrical battery}. See {Battery}.

{Electrical brush}. See under {Brush}.

{Electric cable}. See {Telegraph cable}, under {Telegraph}.

{Electric candle}. See under {Candle}.

{Electric cat} (Zo["o]l.), one of three or more large species of African catfish of the genus {Malapterurus} (esp. {M. electricus} of the Nile). They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also {sheathfish}.

{Electric clock}. See under {Clock}, and see {Electro-chronograph}.

{Electric current}, a current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing by means of conductors from one body to another which is in a different electrical state.

{Electric eel}, or {Electrical eel} (Zo["o]l.), a South American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus {Gymnotus} ({G. electricus}), from two to five feet in length, capable of giving a violent electric shock. See {Gymnotus}.

{Electrical fish} (Zo["o]l.), any fish which has an electrical organ by means of which it can give an electrical shock. The best known kinds are the {torpedo}, the {gymnotus}, or {electrical eel}, and the {electric cat}. See {Torpedo}, and {Gymnotus}.

{Electric fluid}, the supposed matter of electricity; lightning. [archaic]

{Electrical image} (Elec.), a collection of electrical points regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena, an image of certain other electrical points, and used in the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson.

{Electric machine}, or {Electrical machine}, an apparatus for generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by friction.

{Electric motor}. See {Electro-motor}, 2.

{Electric osmose}. (Physics) See under {Osmose}.

{Electric pen}, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the penhandle.

{Electric railway}, a railway in which the machinery for moving the cars is driven by an electric current.

{Electric ray} (Zo["o]l.), the torpedo.

{Electric telegraph}. See {Telegraph}. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Torpedo — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Torpedo (bande dessinée) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Torpedo [1] — Torpedo, ein Unterwassergeschoß, mit Sprengstoff – Dynamit oder Schießbaumwolle – geladen, verfolgt den Zweck, in den Schiffsrumpf eines feindlichen Schiffes unterhalb der Schwimmebene durch Explosion des Sprengstoffes große Löcher zu… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • torpédo — [ tɔrpedo ] n. f. • 1910; « torpille » 1820; angl. torpedo, du lat. par l esp., proprt « torpille » ♦ Vx Automobile décapotable de forme allongée (en torpille fusiforme). Torpédo grand sport. ● torpédo nom féminin (anglais torpedo, du latin… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Torpedo — Tor*pe do, n.; pl. {Torpedoes}. [L. torpedo, inis, from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See {Torpid}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to {Torpedo} and allied genera. They are… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Torpēdo [2] — Torpēdo (hierzu Tafel »Torpedos« mit Text), früher jeder mit Explosivstoff gefüllte, zum Zerstören feindlicher Schiffe dienende Apparat (nach dem Zitterrochen benannt). Als Vorläufer der Torpedos können die Brander und Höllenmaschinen gelten.… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • torpedo — (Del lat. torpēdo). 1. m. Selacio de cuerpo deprimido y discoidal, de hasta cuatro decímetros, de color blanquecino en el lado ventral y más oscuro en el dorso, en donde lleva, debajo de la piel, un par de órganos musculosos, que producen… …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • Torpedo — Smn Schiffsgeschoß mit eigenem Antrieb erw. fach. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. torpedo, dieses aus span. torpedo m., eigentlich Zitterrochen aus l. torpēdo f. Zitterrochen , eigentlich Lähmung , zu l. torpēre starr sein, regungslos sein …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • TORPEDO — a vi, ut Varro ait, de L. L. l. 4. nempe quia inducit torpedinem: Graecis eadem de causa Νάρκη, quod νάρκωσιν producit: a tremore, quem adfert contrectantibus, Burdegalensibus Tremble; Liguribus ob eandem rationem Tremoriza: Bellunensi, Avicennae …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Torpedo — »Unterwassergeschoss«: Der Torpedo ist eine Erfindung des 19. Jh.s. Die Bezeichnung ist übertragen vom lat. Namen des Zitterrochens (der seinen Gegner bei Berührung durch elektrische Schläge »lähmt«): lat. torpedo. Dies bedeutet eigentlich… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Torpedo — Tor*pe do, v. t. 1. to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo. London Spectator. [1913 Webster] 2. [Fig.] To destroy, cause to halt, or prevent from being accomplished; used esp. with reference to a plan or an enterprise, halted by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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