HENRY

Henry, Joseph Henry

(noun) United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878)

Henry, Patrick Henry

(noun) a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)

Henry, William Henry

(noun) English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)

henry

(noun) a 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Proper noun

Henry

A male given name from Germanic languages, popular in England since Middle Ages; the name of eight kings.

• : Act III, Scene I

A French and English patronymic surname.

A locale in United States.

A city in Illinois; named for Illinois militia officer James D. Henry.

A town in South Dakota; named for early settler J. D. Henry.

A village in Nebraska; named for Henry Nichols, late son of the original owner of the town site.

An unincorporated community in Indiana.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Henry

An Irish surname, an anglicization of Ó hInneirghe (“descendant of Inneirghe”).

An Irish patronymic surname, an alternate anglicization of Mac Éinrí, Mac Hannraoi, Mac Annraoi (“son of Henry”) (McHenry)

Anagrams

• Rhyne, rhyne, yrneh

Etymology 1

Noun

henry (plural henries or henrys)

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H

Etymology 2

From Henry the Third

Noun

henry (plural henries)

(British, slang) A turd.

Etymology 3

From Henry the Eighth

Noun

henry (plural henries)

(British, slang) A quantity of marijuana weighing one-eighth of an ounce.

Synonyms

• eighth

Anagrams

• Rhyne, rhyne, yrneh

Source: Wiktionary

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Hen"ry, n.; pl. Henrys. Etym: [From Joseph Henry, an American physicist.]

Definition: The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one ampère a second.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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