electrical disturbance
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5.5
- noun
- /ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl dɪsˈtɜːrbəns/
- Specialized
:
perturbación eléctrica
- A fire broke out and an electrical disturbance deactivated the museum's alarms and plunged the area Into Darkness.
Examples
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The same electrical disturbances were happening at the outpost.
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The electrical disturbance blew out the transistors.
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Tower, we're experiencing some kind of electrical disturbance.
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Sorry to bother you, Mark, but I'm getting an electrical disturbance coming from the lab.
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However, news services around the world are reporting electrical disturbances and radio interference.
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Our results also demonstrated that most animals presented some degree of electrical disturbance during ECG analysis.
Academic text (2016) -
Those electrical disturbances throughout the deserts of Southern-
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In the wake of severe electrical disturbances and unusual seismic activity.
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One of the first studies to demonstrate the putative molecular basis for the electrical disturbances observed in Chagas disease was published in 1992.
Academic text (2016) -
The technicians identified an electrical disturbance that was causing the devices to malfunction.
Synonyms
172
5.6
Extra sounds or information that hide the main message
93
6.6
Unwanted signals that disturb or block radio and phone communication
An unwanted sound that makes phone or audio signals hard to hear
Unwanted background sound or electrical hiss that hides the true signal
How Severe
15
3.4
132
4.2
- Specialized
1
5.5
- Specialized
93
6.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'electrical' specifies the type of 'disturbance', so a learner who knows both words will infer a disturbance caused by or related to electricity. This modifier+noun pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner should readily understand the intended sense.
Etymology
Electrical disturbance may come from the simple image of unwanted electric ripples or sparks that hit a device and mix with its signals. Here, electrical shows it is about electricity and disturbance means an upset or 'noise' that makes the device 'interfere' with normal work, so the phrase means 'unwanted electrical signals that interfere with devices'.