electric
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trɪk adjective
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.
a.
b.
equipped with connections to an amplifier-loudspeaker system: an electric violin.
noun
5.
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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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of, derived from, produced by, producing, transmitting, or powered by electricity: electric current; an electric cord; an electric blanket; an electric fence; an electric fire |
| 2. | (of a musical instrument) amplified electronically: an electric guitar; an electric mandolin |
| 3. | very tense or exciting; emotionally charged: an electric atmosphere |
| —n | |
| 4. | informal an electric train, car, etc |
| 5. | informal (Brit) electricity or electrical power |
| 6. | (plural) an electric circuit or electric appliances |
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Word Origin & History
electric
1640s, first used in English by physician Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682), coined in Mod.L. by English 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.
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| electric (ĭ-lěk'trĭk) also electrical (ĭ-lěk'trĭk) Pronunciation Key
Relating to or operated by electricity. Compare electronic. |
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Example sentences
Schneider was electric and inspiring, former students say.
Utility bills from both winter and summer months can be used to determine your average usage of gas, electric and oil resources.
Commercial greenhouses growers use electric vibration wands to do their own buzz pollination.
Conventional superconductors carry electric currents without energy losses but only when cooled to near absolute zero.
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