[ After Leopoldo Nobili, an Italian physicist who first described them in 1826. ] (Physics) Colored rings formed upon a metal plate by the electrolytic disposition of copper, lead peroxide, etc. They may be produced by touching with a pointed zinc rod a silver plate on which is a solution of copper sulphate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ L. nobilitas: cf. OF. nobilité. See Noble. ] 1. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence. [ 1913 Webster ]
Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her courage prevailed over it. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
They thought it great their sovereign to control, And named their pride nobility of soul. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred. [ 1913 Webster ]
I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to nobility of blood and titles, in the story of Sigismunda. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Those who are noble; the collective body of nobles or titled persons in a state; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; as, the English nobility. [ 1913 Webster ]
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