n. A physiological disturbance caused by exposure to excessive heat, resulting in rapid pulse, hot dry skin, and fever, leading to loss of consciousness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
(Zool.) The male of the chaffinch. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
(Elec.) See under Bridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Acoustics) Flexible rods the period of vibration of which in two planes at right angles are in some exact ratio to one another. When one end of such a rod is fixed, the free end describes in vibrating the corresponding Lissajous figure. So called because devised by Sir Charles Wheatstone. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]