E*lec`tro*ton"ic (?), a.

1. Physics

Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary.

Faraday.

2. Physiol.

Relating to electrotonus; as, the electrotonic condition of a nerve.

 

© Webster 1913.

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