electric
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- electrick (chiefly archaic)
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin ēlectricus (“of amber”), from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ēlektron, “amber”), related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēlektor, “shining sun”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
electric (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, Internal Combustion[1]:
- But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.
- 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, Internal Combustion[1]:
- Of, or relating to an electronic version of a musical instrument that has an acoustic equivalent.
- Being emotionally thrilling; electrifying.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Electric Pindar.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Drawing electricity from an external source; not battery-operated; corded.
- Is that a rechargeable vacuum? No, it's electric.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from electric
Translations[edit]
electrical
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electronic (musical instrument)
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emotionally thrilling
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Noun[edit]
electric (usually uncountable, plural electrics)
- (informal) Electricity.
- (rare) An electric car.
- (archaic) A substance or object which can be electrified; an insulator or non-conductor, like amber or glass.
Translations[edit]
electric car
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References[edit]
- “electric” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- electric in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Dictionary.com definitions of electric
- Niels H. de V. Heathcote (December 1967). "The early meaning of electricity: Some Pseudodoxia Epidemica - I". Annals of Science 23 (4): pp. 261-275.
Romanian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
electric mn nom/acc forms
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