Electric

[ɪ'lektrɪk] or [ɪ'lɛktrɪk]

Definition

(noun.) a car that is powered by electricity.

(adj.) affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling; 'gave an electric reading of the play'; 'the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale' .

(adj.) (of a situation) exceptionally tense; 'an atmosphere electric with suspicion' .

(adj.) using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity; 'electric current'; 'electric wiring'; 'electrical appliances'; 'an electrical storm' .

Editor: Whitney--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Alt. of Electrical

(n.) A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Non-conductor (of electricity).

Checker: Myrna

Definition

adj. pertaining to or produced by electricity.—n. any electric substance: a non-conductor of electricity as amber glass &c.—adj. Elec′trical.—adv. Elec′trically.—ns. Elec′tric-eel (see Gymnotus); Electri′cian one who studies or is versed in the science of electricity; Electric′ity name of the cause of certain phenomena of attraction and repulsion: the phenomena themselves: the science which investigates the nature and laws of these phenomena.—adj. Elec′trifīable.—n. Electrificā′tion.—v.t. Elec′trify to communicate electricity to: to excite suddenly: to astonish: to adapt to electricity as the motive power:—pa.p. elec′trified.—n. Elec′trisation.—v.t. Elec′trīse to electrify.—ns. Elec′trode either of the poles of a galvanic battery; Elec′trolier a device for suspending a group of incandescent lamps; Elec′trum amber: an alloy of gold and silver.—Electric railway a railway on which electricity is the motive-power; Electric spark one of the forms in which accumulated electricity discharges itself; Electric storm a violent disturbance in the electrical condition of the earth.

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Examples

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