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Henry

Henry Meaning & Definition
Henry Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Henry?

[n] American physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878)
[n] American Revolutionary leader and famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)
[n] English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)
[n] a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

Synonyms | Synonyms for Henry: H | Joseph Henry | Patrick Henry | William Henry

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See Also | abhenry | American Revolutionary leader | chemist | inductance unit | millihenry | orator | physicist | public speaker | rhetorician | speechifier | speechmaker

Henry In Webster's Dictionary

\Hen"ry\, n.; pl. {Henrys}. [From Joseph Henry, an American physicist.] The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one amp[`e]re a second.

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