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franklinic

adj — 3 senses

franklinic

adjalso spelled Franklinic

Etymology From Franklin + -ic, as a parallel to voltaic in honor of Benjamin Franklin's research on electricity. Coined by William Whewell in 1840.

1

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Obsolete Relating to the electricity from a machine, rather than from a redox reaction.

Franklinic

adj

Etymology From Franklin + -ic.

1

Of or pertaining to Benjamin Franklin, especially his work on electricity.

2

Obsolete Alternative letter-case form of franklinic.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for franklinic and Franklinic.