franklinic
franklinic adjective: relating to the electricity from a machine, rather than from a redox reaction.
Adjective (1)
franklinic (not comparable)
- Relating to the electricity from a machine, rather than from a redox reaction.
Adjective (2) capitalized: Franklinic
Franklinic (comparative more Franklinic, superlative most Franklinic)
- Of or pertaining to Benjamin Franklin, especially his work on electricity.
- Alternative letter-case form of franklinic.
Forms of franklinic
| comparative | more Franklinic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Franklinic |
Origin of franklinic
From Franklin + -ic, as a parallel to voltaic in honor of Benjamin Franklin's research on electricity. Coined by William Whewell in 1840.
From Franklin + -ic.
Words that rhyme with franklinic
- clinic
- actinic
- Finnic
- amphetaminic
- caprinic
- cynic
- Darwinic
- euxinic
- finick
- hematinic
- homoclinic
- isonicotinic
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- Jacobinic
- muscarinic
- nicotinic
- paraffinic
- rabbinic
- Sinic
- vitaminic
- abietinic
- acetylinic
- acetylneuraminic
- achromatinic
- acinic
- aclinic
- acrodynic
- adenylosuccinic
- adiactinic
- agaricinic
- albinic
- alginic
- allodynic
- aluminic
- aminic
- aminolaevulinic
- aminolevulinic
- aminosuccinic
- amyelinic
- anilinic
- anodynic
- anthracyclinic
- antiallodynic
- antidinic
- antihistaminic
- antimuscarinic
- antinicotinic
- antirabbinic
- apobaraminic
- apurinic
- apyrimidinic
- argininosuccinic
- arsinic
- artemisinic
- asparaginic
- atropinic
- auxinic
- axomyelinic
- azinic
- Baltic-Finnic
- Balto-Finnic
Questions about franklinic
- What does franklinic mean?
- Franklinic means relating to the electricity from a machine, rather than from a redox reaction.
- What part of speech is franklinic?
- Franklinic is an adjective.
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