Meanings
franklinic1
adjectivefranklinic (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoletenatural sciencesRelating to the electricity from a machine, rather than from a redox reaction.
Franklinic2
adjectiveFranklinic (comparative more Franklinic, superlative most Franklinic)
comparative more Franklinic · superlative most Franklinic
- Of or pertaining to Benjamin Franklin, especially his work on electricity.
- obsoleteAlternative letter-case form of franklinic.
Origin
franklinic · adjective
From Franklin + -ic, as a parallel to voltaic in honor of Benjamin Franklin's research on electricity. Coined by William Whewell in 1840.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with franklinic
cliniccynicnicotinicrabbinicmuscarinicactinicMinnickvitaminicmonoclinicbaroclinicsuccinicpolyclinichomoclinicaminolevulinicacetylneuraminicantihistaminicolefinicheteroclinictriclinicapurinicapyrimidinicparaffinicFinnicabietinic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
franklinic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/franklinic
MLA
“franklinic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/franklinic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “franklinic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/franklinic.
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