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Meaning of ELECTROTONIC

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\E*lec`tro*ton"ic\, a.
1. (Physics) Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said
   of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit
   during its exposure to the action of another conducting
   circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both
   circuits remain stationary. --Faraday.

2. (Physiol.) Relating to electrotonus; as, the electrotonic
   condition of a nerve.

 

 

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