a has various meanings in the Medicine category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of a in Medicine.
Zinc or aluminium or some such alloy that is fixed to the hull of a vessel. They are eaten up by electrical currents moving from the vessel to the water. The anode is sacrificed to protect the metal hull of the vessel without the anode, the hull plating would be disolved by electrolysis.
MedicineA substance that produces H+(aq) ions in aqueous solution. Strong acids ionize completely or almost completely in dilute aqueous solution. Weak acids ionize only slightly.
MedicineThe maximum instantaneous value of alternating current or voltage. It can be in either a positive or negative direction. The greatest distance through which an oscillating body moves from the mid point. OR A measure of floor vibration. It is the magnitude or total distance traveled by each oscillation of the vibration. OR A measurement of the distance from highest to lowest excursion of a variable or physical motion. Often used with reference to waveforms.
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