| 单词 | electric conflict |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselectric conflict electric conflict n. [after post-classical Latin conflictus electrici, lit. ‘conflict of electricity’, also conflictus electricus, lit. ‘electric conflict’ ( H. C. Oersted Experimenta circa effectum conflictus electrici in acum magneticam (1820) 2, 3)] now historical the effect of an electric current in producing what is now termed an electric field. ΚΠ 1820 tr. H. C. Oersted in Ann. Philos. 16 274 The opposite ends of the galvanic battery were joined by a metallic wire... To the effect which takes place in this conductor and in the surrounding space, we shall give the name of the conflict of electricity.] 1820 tr. H. C. Oersted in Ann. Philos. 16 276 The electric conflict acts only on the magnetic particles of matter. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 126 A zinc plate..was immersed in the liquid, and a wire united the extremities of the pile: the effect produced hereby, was termed the electric conflict. 1969 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 30 341 When Oersted reported his discovery of electromagnetism in 1819, he said that the electric ‘conflict’ (the word may come from Kant..) which constitutes the electric current..leaves the conducting wire and goes through space to deflect the magnetic needle. < as lemmas |
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