e|lec|tric|i|ty

e|lec|tric|i|ty
e|lec|tric|i|ty «ih LEHK TRIHS uh tee, EE lehk-», noun.
1. a form of energy that can produce light, heat, magnetic force, and chemicchanges. Electricity is produced in generators for people to buy and use, but can be produced by running a comb through your hair or by chemical change in a flashlight battery or fuel cell or by sunlight in a solar battery or cell. Electricity is regarded as consisting of oppositely charged particles, electrons and protons. Negative electricity is electricity in which the electron is the elementary unit; positive electricity has the proton as the elementary unit. Static electricity is electricity with the charges at rest; dynamic electricity has the charges in motion in a stream or current. »

Lightning is caused by electricity.

2. an electric current; flow of electrons: »

Most refrigerators are run by electricity. Lightning cut off the town's electricity for about 10 minutes (London Times).

3. the branch of physics that deals with electricity.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Die|sel-e|lec|tric — or Die|sel e|lec|tric «DEE zuhl ih LEHK trihk, suhl », adjective. having an electric motor supplied with electricity from a generator run by a diesel engine: »a diesel electric locomotive …   Useful english dictionary

  • die|sel-e|lec|tric — or Die|sel e|lec|tric «DEE zuhl ih LEHK trihk, suhl », adjective. having an electric motor supplied with electricity from a generator run by a diesel engine: »a diesel electric locomotive …   Useful english dictionary

  • di|e|lec|tric — «DY ih LEHK trihk», adjective, noun. Electricity. –adj. 1. nonconducting. 2. having to do with a nonconducting medium or with the transmission of electricity without conduction. –n. a dielectric substance or medium, such as glass, rubber, or wood …   Useful english dictionary

  • hy|dro|e|lec|tric — «HY droh ih LEHK trihk», adjective. developing electricity from water power. –hy´dro|e|lec´tri|cal|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • pho|to|e|lec|tric — «FOH toh ih LEHK trihk», adjective. 1. having to do with the electricity or the electrical effects produced by the action of light or other radiation: »The photoelectric measurement of starlight has become…a major instrument for studying the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • pi|e|zo|e|lec|tric — «pee AY zoh ih LEHK trihk, py EE », adjective, noun. –adj. of, having to do with, or affected by piezoelectricity: »A piezoelectric material produces electricity when subjected to stress or strain (Science Journal). –n. a piezoelectric material:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ther|mo|e|lec|tric — «THUR moh ih LEHK trihk», adjective. of or having to do with thermoelectricity: »A thermoelectric generator powered the scientific experiments left on the moon by the Apollo 12 astronauts in 1969 (Theodore Korneff). –ther´mo|e|lec´tri|cal|ly,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • an|e|lec|tric — «AN ih LEHK trihk», adjective, noun. –adj. that cannot be electrified by friction. –n. an anelectric substance …   Useful english dictionary

  • bi|o|e|lec|tric|i|ty — «BY oh ih LEHK TRIHS uh tee, EE lehk », noun. electricity which originates in living matter …   Useful english dictionary

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