henry

«henry» in Mova's school dictionary: a boy's or man's first name, also used as a family name… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

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

• 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

• Henry Ford's moving assembly line, started in 1913, made cars cheap enough for many families.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «henry» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.