See Also: bevue(dictionary)
ward(dictionary)
ward(3)(dictionary)
ward(2)(dictionary)
Ward, O(medicine)
ward(medicine)
Ward (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
ward 1, noun(dictionary)
ward 2, verb(dictionary)
Halstead, Ward(medicine)

Ward-Leonard (iou) and bevue (iou)


Ward-Leonard (iou)



Ward-Leonard noun. E20.
[Harry Ward Leonard (1861-1915), US electrical engineer and inventor.]
Electrical Engineering. Used attrib. to designate a system for controlling a direct-current motor in which its armature current is supplied by an auxiliary generator, the field current of which is varied to vary the speed of the motor.

bevue (iou)



bevue noun. [bevy] Pl. pronounced same. L17.
[French, from be-, bes- pejorative + vue VIEW noun.]
An error of inadvertence; a blunder.