Word Meanings - MERCAPTAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any one of a series of compounds of mercaptans with aldehydes.

SERIES DYNAMO
A series-wound dynamo. A dynamo running in series with another or others.
SERIES MOTOR
A series-wound motor. A motor capable of being used in a series circuit.
SERIES
Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups. Note: Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species. (more info) together; cf. Gr.
SERIES TURNS
The turns in a series circuit.
SERIES WINDING
A winding in which the armature coil and the field-magnet coil are in series with the external circuits; -- opposed to shunt winding. --Se"ries-wound`, a.