electricity

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noun

1. a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons (Freq. 8)
• Derivationally related forms:
electric, electrify
• Members of this Topic:
hot, live, direct, alternating, high-tension,
low-tension, low-voltage, inductive, voltaic, galvanic, multiphase,
polyphase, transposition, amplification, ground, earth, outlet box
• Hypernyms:
physical phenomenon
• Hyponyms:
galvanism, hydroelectricity, photoelectricity, piezoelectricity, piezoelectric effect,
piezo effect, static electricity, dynamic electricity, current electricity, thermoelectricity
2. energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor (Freq. 5)
- they built a car that runs on electricity
• Syn:
electrical energy
• Derivationally related forms:
electric, electrify
• Hypernyms:
energy, free energy
• Hyponyms:
alternating current, AC, alternating electric current, direct current, DC,
direct electric current, signal
3. keen and shared excitement (Freq. 1)
- the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it
• Derivationally related forms:
electric, electrify
• Hypernyms:
stir