Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: H, Joseph Henry, Patrick Henry, William Henry

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

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