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henry

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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

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

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