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henry [n][en]
 
1)United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878)
    Synonyms :joseph_henry henry_joseph генри 亨利 джозеф_генри 约瑟夫亨利 ヘンリー ジョセフヘンリー 헨리 조셉_헨리 
    See Also: physicist 
 
2)a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)
    Synonyms :patrick_henry генри 亨利 патрик_генри 帕特里克亨利 ヘンリー パトリックヘンリー 헨리 패트릭_헨리 
    See Also: orator 
 
3)English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)
    Synonyms :william_henry henry_william генри 亨利 уильям_генри 威廉亨利 ヘンリー ウィリアムヘンリー 헨리 윌리엄_헨리 
    See Also: chemist 
 
4)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 :h генри ħ 亨利 時間 ヘンリー 헨리 
    See Also: inductance_unit  millihenry 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

(H) The SI unit of inductance: one henry is the inductance of a closed loop in which the induced voltage is one volt if the current flowing through it changes by one ampere each second, i.e., 1 H = 1 Vs/A. Named after the American physicist Joseph Henry (1797-1878).

(1997-03-16)



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