Electricity
[,ɪlek'trɪsɪtɪ;,el-;,iːl-] or [ɪ'lɛk'trɪsəti]
Definition
(noun.) keen and shared excitement; 'the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it'.
(noun.) a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons.
(noun.) energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor; 'they built a car that runs on electricity'.
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Definition
(n.) A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving attraction between surfaces of unlike polarity, and repulsion between those of like; by exhibiting accumulated polar tension when the circuit is broken; and by producing heat, light, concussion, and often chemical changes when the circuit passes between the poles or through any imperfectly conducting substance or space. It is generally brought into action by any disturbance of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical, cause.
(n.) The science which unfolds the phenomena and laws of electricity; electrical science.
(n.) Fig.: Electrifying energy or characteristic.
Editor: Rochelle
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of electricity, denotes there will be sudden changes about you, which will not afford you either advancement or pleasure. If you are shocked by it you will face a deplorable danger. To see live electrical wire, foretells that enemies will disturb your plans, which have given you much anxiety in forming. To dream that you can send a package or yourself out over a wire with the same rapidity that a message can be sent, denotes you will finally overcome obstacles and be able to use your enemies' plans to advance yourself.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else. It is the same thing as lightning and its famous attempt to strike Dr. Franklin is one of the most picturesque incidents in that great and good man's career. The memory of Dr. Franklin is justly held in great reverence particularly in France where a waxen effigy of him was recently on exhibition bearing the following touching account of his life and services to science:
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Examples
- But there is a decided grouping of valuable metals, and these can then be readily separated by means of electricity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Substances which, like an air gap, interfere with the flow of electricity are called non-conductors, or, more commonly, insulators. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When the science of static electricity was thus far developed, with a machine for generating it and a collector to receive it, many experiments followed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Volta of Pavia, took decided issue with Galvani and maintained that the pretended animal electricity was nothing but electricity developed by the contact of two different metals. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- And as she swung her head, her fine mane of hair just swept his face, and all his nerves were on fire, as with a subtle friction of electricity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Electricity a Living Factor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As there was no limit to the distance that electricity would travel there seemed no reason why these dots and dashes, or sparks and spaces, should not be sent all around the world. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In the following year Davy reported other chemical changes produced by electricity; he had succeeded in decomposing the fixed alkalis and disc overing the elements potassium and sodium. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- An iron rod about forty feet long and sharp at the end was placed upr ight in the hope of drawing electricity from the st orm-clouds. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is a singular fact that electricity also so far exceeds the normal rate as to double in value and quantity of output and investment every five years. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Electricity fascinated him, and he could watch the machines and listen to the music of their clicking by the hour. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In this case, chemical action is expended in heat rather than in the production of electricity and the liquid becomes hot. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Then why not make a mine on the slope of the hill, and blow it up with electricity when the enemy are coming up? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- In our night-time, there's always the electricity switched on, we watch ourselves, we get it all in the head, really. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Steam and electricity may be the heart and soul of the world’s life, but iron is its great body. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But there is a decided grouping of valuable metals, and these can then be readily separated by means of electricity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Substances which, like an air gap, interfere with the flow of electricity are called non-conductors, or, more commonly, insulators. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When the science of static electricity was thus far developed, with a machine for generating it and a collector to receive it, many experiments followed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Volta of Pavia, took decided issue with Galvani and maintained that the pretended animal electricity was nothing but electricity developed by the contact of two different metals. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- And as she swung her head, her fine mane of hair just swept his face, and all his nerves were on fire, as with a subtle friction of electricity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Electricity a Living Factor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As there was no limit to the distance that electricity would travel there seemed no reason why these dots and dashes, or sparks and spaces, should not be sent all around the world. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In the following year Davy reported other chemical changes produced by electricity; he had succeeded in decomposing the fixed alkalis and disc overing the elements potassium and sodium. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- An iron rod about forty feet long and sharp at the end was placed upr ight in the hope of drawing electricity from the st orm-clouds. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is a singular fact that electricity also so far exceeds the normal rate as to double in value and quantity of output and investment every five years. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Electricity fascinated him, and he could watch the machines and listen to the music of their clicking by the hour. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In this case, chemical action is expended in heat rather than in the production of electricity and the liquid becomes hot. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Then why not make a mine on the slope of the hill, and blow it up with electricity when the enemy are coming up? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- In our night-time, there's always the electricity switched on, we watch ourselves, we get it all in the head, really. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Steam and electricity may be the heart and soul of the world’s life, but iron is its great body. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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