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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/henry/#m1)

2) (science) A henry is a unit for measuring inductance in electric coils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/henry/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/henry/#x1)
- King Henry the Eighth had six wives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/henry/#x2)
- Henry the hoover is a popular vacuum cleaner in the UK. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/henry/#x3)
- Henry read his story to the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/henry/#x4)
- The book is about a dog named Henry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/henry/#x5)
- The unit of inductance is the henry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/henry/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/99-transport-horses-to-planes/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «henry» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/henry/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.