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e·lec·tric 
[i-lek-trik] Pronunciation Key
[i-lek-trik] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | pertaining to, derived from, produced by, or involving electricity: an electric shock. |
| 2. | producing, transmitting, or operated by electric currents: an electric bell; electric cord. |
| 3. | electrifying; thrilling; exciting; stirring: The atmosphere was electric with excitement. |
| 4. | (of a musical instrument)
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| 5. | Railroads.
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| 6. | electricity: residential users of gas and electric. |
| 7. | something, as an appliance, vehicle, or toy, operated by electricity. |
| 8. | Archaic. a substance that is a nonconductor of electricity, as glass or amber, used to store or to excite an electric charge. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| e·lec·tric
(ĭ-lěk'trĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj.
n. An electrically powered machine or vehicle: The lawn mower is an electric. [New Latin ēlectricus, deriving from amber, as by rubbing, from Latin ēlectrum, amber, from Greek ēlektron.] e·lec'tri·cal·ly adv. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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electric
1646, first used in Eng. by Eng. physician Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682), coined in Mod.L. by Eng. physicist William Gilbert (1540-1603) in treatise "De Magnete" (1600), from L. electrum "amber," from Gk. elektron "amber" (Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus), also "pale gold" (a compound of 1 part silver to 4 of gold); of unknown origin. The physical force so called because it first was generated by rubbing amber. Electric toothbrush first recorded 1936; electric typewriter 1958. Electricity is 1646, also in Browne's work. Electrical is first attested 1635; electrify in the figurative sense is from 1752.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| electric | |
adjective | |
| 1. | using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity; "electric current"; "electric wiring"; "electrical appliances"; "an electrical storm" |
| 2. | (of a situation) exceptionally tense; "an atmosphere electric with suspicion" |
| 3. | affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling; "gave an electric reading of the play"; "the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale" |
noun | |
| 1. | a car that is powered by electricity |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| electric (ĭ-lěk'trĭk) also electrical
(ĭ-lěk'trĭk) Pronunciation Key
Relating to or operated by electricity. Compare electronic.
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Electric City, WA (town, FIPS 21030) Location: 47.93016 N, 119.03620 W
Population (1990): 910 (410 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 99123
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Electric
E*lec"tric\, Electrical \E*lec"tric*al\, a. [L. electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr. ?; akin to ? the beaming sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. ['e]lectrique. The name came from the production of electricity by the friction of amber.]1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark. 2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance. 3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. "Electric Pindar." --Mrs. Browning. Electric atmosphere, or Electric aura. See under Aura. Electrical battery. See Battery. Electrical brush. See under Brush. Electric cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph. Electric candle. See under Candle. Electric cat (Zo["o]l.), one of three or more large species of African catfish of the genus Malapterurus (esp. M. electricus of the Nile). They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also sheathfish. Electric clock. See under Clock, and see Electro-chronograph. Electric current, a current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing by means of conductors from one body to another which is in a different electrical state. Electric, or Electrical, eel (Zo["o]l.), a South American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus Gymnotus (G. electricus), from two to five feet in length, capable of giving a violent electric shock. See Gymnotus. Electrical fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish which has an electrical organ by means of which it can give an electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo, the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the electric cat. See Torpedo, and Gymnotus. Electric fluid, the supposed matter of electricity; lightning. Electrical image (Elec.), a collection of electrical points regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena, an image of certain other electrical points, and used in the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson. Electrical light, the light produced by a current of electricity which in passing through a resisting medium heats it to incandescence or burns it. See under Carbon. Electric, or Electrical, machine, an apparatus for generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by friction. Electric motor. See Electro-motor, 2. Electric osmose. (Physics) See under Osmose. Electric pen, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the penhandle. Electric railway, a railway in which the machinery for moving the cars is driven by an electric current. Electric ray (Zo["o]l.), the torpedo. Electric telegraph. See Telegraph.
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Electric
E*lec"tric\, n. (Physics) A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.
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