henry
part of speech
noun (Henry — a name); noun (a henry — unit, science)
meaning for a pupil
1) Henry is a boy's or man's first name, also used as a family name; many English kings were called Henry. tree →
2) (science) A henry is a unit for measuring inductance in electric coils. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons: King Henry VIII and his six wives. As a name it needs a capital letter. In advanced science the henry is a unit, named after a scientist. Phrases: King Henry, Henry the Eighth.
examples
- Henry Malter. and Dr I s a a c H u s i k for many courtesies fittnded to me in iLis work, both in the arrangement of ihe uialeria! and in style. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- My best friend is called Henry. tree →
- King Henry the Eighth had six wives. tree →
- Henry the hoover is a popular vacuum cleaner in the UK. tree →
- Henry read his story to the class. tree →
- The book is about a dog named Henry. tree →
- The unit of inductance is the henry. tree →
note
Mainly a name: always Henry with a capital. As a science unit it is written lower case (henry, symbol H). Short forms: Harry, Hal, Hank (US).
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «henry» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.