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e⋅lec⋅tric

  [i-lek-trik]
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–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. (of a musical instrument)
a. producing sound by electrical or electronic means: an electric piano.
b. equipped with connections to an amplifier-loudspeaker system: an electric violin.
–noun
5. Railroads.
a. an electric locomotive.
b. Informal. a railroad operated by electricity.
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.
Origin:
1640–50; < NL electricus, equiv. to L ēlectr(um) amber (see electrum ) + -icus -ic

Synonyms:
3. spirited, rousing, dynamic.

Antonyms:
3. dull, uninspired, prosaic.
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e·lec·tric   (ĭ-lěk'trĭk)   
adj.  

  1. also e·lec·tri·cal (-trĭ-kəl) Of, relating to, producing, or operated by electricity: electric current; an electrical appliance.

    1. Of or related to sound created or altered by an electrical or electronic device.

    2. Amplified by an electronic device: an electric guitar.

    3. Emotionally exciting; thrilling: gave an electric reading of the play.

    4. Exceptionally tense; highly charged with emotion: an atmosphere electric with suspicion.

    1. Emotionally exciting; thrilling: gave an electric reading of the play.

    2. Exceptionally tense; highly charged with emotion: an atmosphere electric with suspicion.

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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Word Origin & History

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.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: elec·tric
Pronunciation: i-'lek-trik
Variant: or elec·tri·cal /-tri-k&l/
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or operated by electricity —elec·tri·cal·ly /-tri-k(&-)lE/ adverb
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Science Dictionary
electric (ĭ-lěk'trĭk) also electrical   (ĭ-lěk'trĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to or operated by electricity. Compare electronic.
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