electricity

Plural

electricities

1. 1.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.

   • How does it work, though? It's based on the observation made some 200 years ago that electricity can change the shape of flames.
   • We may express all these results in a concise and consistent manner by describing an electrified body as charged with a certain quantity of electricity, which we may denote by e.

2. 2.The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena.

   • He took up the job of studying electricity in college.

3. 3.A feeling of excitement; a thrill.

   • Opening night for the new production had an electricity unlike other openings.
   • The electricity was crackling around Celtic Park even before a ball had been kicked, the home crowd unleashing noise and colour and every ounce of passion in their bodies on the visitors.

4. 4.Electrical power, as supplied by power stations or generators.

   • This heater draws more than a thousand watts of electricity.
   • Householders could one day be producing as much electricity as all the country's nuclear power stations combined, thanks to the revolutionary application of a device developed in the early 19th century.

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Synonyms

• power

Word family

• electric