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adj
Of or pertaining to Benjamin Franklin, especially his work on electricity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Alternative letter-case form of franklinic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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adj
Relating to the electricity from a machine, rather than from a redox reaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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History
From Franklin + -ic.
From Franklin + -ic, as a parallel to voltaic in honor of Benjamin Franklin's research on electricity. Coined by William Whewell in 1840.
