electric
noun · adjective
Simple meaning
Of, about, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɪˈlɛktɹɪk
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Definition
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noun
informalusually with definite article
Electricity; the electricity supply.
informalusually with definite article
A car that is powered by electricity
informal
An electric powered version of something that was originally or is more commonly not electric.
informal
An electric toothbrush.
informal
An electric typewriter.
adjective
Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.
figuratively
Emotionally thrilling; electrifying.
Using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Varies by meaning
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A car that is powered by electricity.
A car that uses electric motors and motor controllers instead of an internal combustion engine, the power coming from….
The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
An electrical engineer.
Word Family
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Word family
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A person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines.
Related to Electricity.
By electricity.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A field of force surrounding a charged particle.
A fan run by an electric motor.
An instrument of execution by electrocution.
A power tool used for sanding wood.
A material's opposition to the flow of electric current.
A transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations.
Related words
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Pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion.
The motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field.
A chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions.
Heating of an insulator by a high-frequency electric field.
A flow of electric charge.
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