See Also: Thermoelectricity(medicine)
thermoelectricity(dictionary)
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sleeping(1)(dictionary)
Sleeping(medicine)
sleeping bag(dictionary)
sleeping car(dictionary)
sleeping partner(dictionary)
sleeping sickness(dictionary)
Sleeping Beauty(dictionary)

Sleeping partner (finance) and thermoelectricity (iou)


Sleeping partner (finance)


One who invests money in a partnership but who takes no part in managing it.





thermoelectricity (iou)



thermoelectricity noun. E19.
[from THERMO- + ELECTRICITY.]
Electricity generated in a body by difference of temperature in its parts; esp. an electric current produced in a closed circuit composed of two dissimilar metals when one of the points of union is kept at a temperature different from that of the rest of the circuit.