| Definitions of 'Electricity' |
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1. (noun) electricity
a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons
2. (noun) electricity, electrical energy
energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
"they built a car that runs on electricity"
3. (noun) electricity
keen and shared excitement
"the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it"
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| Definitions of 'Electricity' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Electricity
a power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving attraction between surfaces of unlike polarity, and repulsion between those of like; by exhibiting accumulated polar tension when the circuit is broken; and by producing heat, light, concussion, and often chemical changes when the circuit passes between the poles or through any imperfectly conducting substance or space. It is generally brought into action by any disturbance of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical, cause
2. (noun) Electricity
the science which unfolds the phenomena and laws of electricity; electrical science
3. (noun) Electricity
fig.: Electrifying energy or characteristic
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