| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Electric fish | In salt water there is only one order, the Torpediniformes (electric rays), inside the chondrichthyes that shows species generating even strong electric pulses (genus Torpedo spp., which counts 22 known species). (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Electric Fish | Health | Fishes which generate an electric discharge. The voltage of the discharge varies from weak to strong in various groups of fish. Electric organ and electroplax are of prime interest in this group. They occur in more than one family. (references) | |
| Electric fish screen | Mechanical Engineering | It consists of an electronic impulse generator which employs the industrial-type vacuum tube, the live electrode, and the ground conductor. The live galvanized pipe electrodes are suspended vertically to swing freely from an overhead beam or catenary cable supported by structural steel supports on each side of the canal. Random lengths of galvanized pipe strung on a cable and joined electrically by a copper wire are placed along the bottom of the channel to form the ground conductor. The fish which enter are stunned by shocks from electric screen and are carried back downstream towards fish traps, counting weirs, or entrance to fish ladders. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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