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henry

(hen′rē)

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Elec. the basic unit of electric inductance in the SI and MKS systems, equal to the inductance of a circuit in which the variation of current at the rate of one ampere per second induces an electromotive force of one volt: abbrev. H

Origin: after J. Henry (1797-1878), U.S. physicist

noun

a masculine name: dim. Hal, Hank, Henny; var. Harry; equiv. L. Henricus, Du. Hendrik, Fr. Henri, Ger. Heinrich, It. Enrico, Sp. Enrique; fem. Henrietta

Origin: Fr Henri < Ger Heinrich < OHG Haganrih, lit., ruler of an enclosure (< hag-, haw, a hedging in + rihhi, ruler) & also altered < OHG Heimerich, lit., home ruler (< heim, home)

1394-1460; prince of Portugal: called Henry the Navigator
1068-1135; king of England (1100-35): son of William the Conqueror
1133-89; king of England (1154-89): 1st Plantagenet king
1207-72; king of England (1216-72)
1551-89; king of France (1574-89)
1050-1106; king of Germany (1056-1105) & Holy Roman Emperor (1084-1105): dethroned
1367-1413; king of England (1399-1413): 1st Lancastrian king: son of John of Gaunt: called Bolingbroke
1553-1610; king of France (1589-1610): 1st Bourbon king: called Henry of Navarre
1387-1422; king of England (1413-22): defeated the French at Agincourt
1421-71; king of England (1422-61; 1470-71)
1457-1509; king of England (1485-1509): 1st Tudor king
1491-1547; king of England (1509-47): broke with the papacy and established the Church of England
Henry, O. (pseud. of William Sydney Porter) 1862-1910; U.S. short-story writer
Henry, Patrick 1736-99; Am. patriot, statesman, & orator

Origin: after Prince Henry, son of James
promontory in SE Va., at the entrance of Chesapeake Bay
Confederate fort in NW Tenn., on the Tennessee River: captured (1862) by Union forces

See henry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. hen·ries or hen·rys Abbr. H

The unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second. See Table at measurement.

Origin:

Origin: After Joseph Henry

, Cape

A promontory of southeast Virginia at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay east of Norfolk.

, Joseph 1797-1878.

American physicist who performed extensive studies of electromagnetic phenomena.

, O.

See William Sydney Porter.

, Patrick 1736-1799.

American Revolutionary leader and orator. A member of the House of Burgesses (1765) and the Continental Congress (1774-1776), he spurred the creation of the Virginia militia with his words “Give me liberty, or give me death” (1775). He also served as governor of Virginia (1776-1790).

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