"henry" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-henry.ogg Forms: henries [plural], henrys [plural]
Etymology: Named after the American scientist Joseph Henry. Head templates: {{en-noun|+|henrys}} henry (plural henries or henrys)
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H Wikidata QID: Q163354 Categories (topical): Recreational drugs, SI units, Units of measure Translations (SI unit for electrical inductance): henry [masculine] (Catalan), 亨利 (hēnglì) (Chinese Mandarin), (hēng) (Chinese Mandarin), henry (Finnish), henry [masculine] (French), henry [masculine] (Galician), Henry [neuter] (German), henry (Hungarian), henry (Indonesian), ヘンリー (henrī) (Japanese), 헨리 (henni) (Korean), henry (Malay), henr [masculine] (Polish), henry [masculine] (Portuguese), ге́нри (génri) [masculine] (Russian), henrio [masculine] (Spanish), henri (Tagalog), เฮนรี (hên-rîi) (Thai), henri (Turkish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: en-us-henry.ogg Forms: henries [plural]
Etymology: Rhyming slang, from Henry the Third Head templates: {{en-noun}} henry (plural henries)
  1. (British, slang) A turd. Tags: British, slang
    Sense id: en-henry-en-noun-hUiRMTup Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Audio: en-us-henry.ogg Forms: henries [plural]
Etymology: From Henry the Eighth. Head templates: {{en-noun}} henry (plural henries)
  1. (British, slang) A quantity of marijuana weighing one-eighth of an ounce. Tags: British, slang Synonyms: eighth
    Sense id: en-henry-en-noun-bAJGYkbR Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English eponyms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Recreational drugs",
    "en:SI units",
    "en:Units of measure"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "From Henry the Eighth.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "henries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "henry (plural henries)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A quantity of marijuana weighing one-eighth of an ounce."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "marijuana",
          "marijuana"
        ],
        [
          "ounce",
          "ounce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, slang) A quantity of marijuana weighing one-eighth of an ounce."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "en-us-henry.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/En-us-henry.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "eighth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "henry"
}

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