electricity
IPA: ɪɫɛktrˈɪsʌti
noun
- Originally, a property of amber and certain other nonconducting substances to attract lightweight material when rubbed, or the cause of this property; now understood to be a phenomenon caused by the distribution and movement of charged subatomic particles and their interaction with the electromagnetic field.
- (physics) The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena.
- A feeling of excitement; a thrill.
- Electric power/energy as used in homes etc., supplied by power stations or generators.
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Examples of "electricity" in Sentences
- The term electricity is derived from the Greek word ηλεκτρον, amber.
- The power plant uses methane gas from the dung to produce electricity.
- I would seperate out the electricity costs into a power beaming section.
- Hydroelectric power provided the majority of electricity during the period.
- And now, before this new manifestation of that form of cosmic vitality which we call electricity,
- The biggest draw on our electricity is our ceiling fans, which have been going non-stop during April and May.
- “It is a new century, and what we call electricity is its God,” wrote the romantic historian Henry Adams from Paris.
- For example, here is this mysterious force that we call electricity, which is flashing such light in our homes and through our streets as the world has never known before.
- Furthermore it does not need electricity, which is an important requirement given that disasters usually result in electricity supplies being disrupted, either temporarily or otherwise.
- From the first breath of flame, burning out the secret of the Dust to the last shadow of the dust -- the breathless, soundless shadow of the dust, which he calls electricity -- the man worships the invisible, the intangible.
- It is like that subtle something which we call electricity; we can play with it, command it, lead it, neutralise it and die of it, make light and heat with it, or language and sound, kill with it and cure with it, while absolutely ignorant of its nature.
- From the smoky station out of which the train passed the night before, along the slender wire stretched on rough poles at the side of the track, a spark of that mysterious something which we call electricity flashed at the moment he returned the watch to his pocket; and in five minutes 'time, the station-master came out on the platform,
- "I applied for letters patent for my system of communicating intelligence at a distance by electricity, differing in all respects from Messrs. Wheatstone and Cooke's system, invented five years before theirs, and having nothing in common in the whole system but the use of _electricity_ on _metallic conductors_, for which use no one could obtain an exclusive privilege, since this much had been used for nearly one hundred years.