electricity
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- noun
- /ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsɪti/
- Specialized
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electricidad
- Many rural areas still lack reliable electricity for basic household needs.
- generate electricity
- electricity generation
- electricity consumption
Suppose your continent loses electricity for a year.
- Suppose your continent loses electricity for a year.
- It's access to a property, it's food, it's electricity, energy, basic transport.
- The, the, the focus has often been just on electricity usage in the US.
- Of course you have electricity in your home, right?
- I am addicted to smooth roads and affordable electricity and indoor plumbing.
- But on the actual battlefield electricity was not that much in use.
- They found evidence of wires in clay tubes for electricity running under the streets.
- We will have fusion energy to provide the electricity that we need on Earth.
- You know he has a wood stove that can generate electricity, right?
Examples
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Once an array is constructed, there will be enough electricity to power lights and equipment.
Academic text (2011) -
Why is there no electricity?
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And so all that electricity is to go to waste.
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Of course you have electricity in your home, right?
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Now we can run the model and find out how much electricity will be required.
Academic text (1990) -
In my view, we are going to see more applications of electricity to solve environmental problems.
Academic text (1990) -
Yeah, for most houses, the big use of electricity is the heating and cooling.
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Now, in the 21st century, electricity is not a convenience; it is a necessity.
Academic text (2011) -
Oil and its derivatives account for 50 percent of Saudi electricity production, mostly for residential use.
Academic text (2013) -
It doesn't store it, it just produces electricity, no moving parts.
Synonyms
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Energy that makes machines and lights work
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Energy used to run devices like lights or phones that comes from power in wires
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Energy from electricity that powers things like lights and machines
Compounds
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4.1
An electric charge that builds on a surface when things rub together, causing small shocks or making hair stand
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Energy made when charged particles move steadily through a wire to power devices
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The way energy builds up and moves in the air around the Earth, causing lightning and small shocks
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The total electric charge in a closed system stays the same even if charges move between parts
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word electricity comes from the Greek word elektron 'amber'. Long ago, people saw that rubbing amber made small bits of straw or hair stick to it, so the name was used for the invisible power that lights homes and runs machines.