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VITREOUS ELECTRICITY

\vˈɪtɹi͡əs ɪlɛktɹˈɪsɪtˌi], \vˈɪtɹi‍əs ɪlɛktɹˈɪsɪtˌi], \v_ˈɪ_t_ɹ_iə_s ɪ_l_ɛ_k_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_ɪ_t_ˌi]\

Definitions of VITREOUS ELECTRICITY

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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positive static electricity.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The form of e generated by friction of glass.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

[L.] Positive electricity (because it is excited by rubbing glass with silk, etc.).

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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