Electric

/ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/ · adjective

Meaning

Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.
2. Of or relating to an electronic version of a musical instrument that has an acoustic equivalent.
3. (figuratively) Emotionally thrilling; electrifying.
4. (informal, usually with definite article) Electricity; the electricity supply.
5. (informal) An electric powered version of something that was originally or is more commonly not electric.
6. (archaic) A substance or object which can be electrified; an insulator or non-conductor, like amber or glass.
7. (fencing) Fencing with the use of a body wire, box, and related equipment to detect when a weapon has touched an opponent.

Example Sentences

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.

[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.

While Britain continues to argue about how to deliver affordable electrification and decarbonisation, Swiss railways have been 100% electric since the 1960s.

A glance from Beatrice—for nothing is so electric as the kindness of sympathy—stopped the tide of bewailings that were gushing forth. "Poor child!" muttered the housekeeper; "but it's no good telling her."

And bold / Electric Pindar, quick as fear, / With race-dust on his cheeks, and clear / Slant startled eyes that seemed to hear // The chariot rounding the last goal, / to hurtle past it in his soul.

I SING the Body electric; The armies of those I love engirth me, and I engirth them; They will not let me off till I go with them, respond to them, And discorrupt them, and charge them full with the charge of the Soul.

We had to sit in the dark because the electric was cut off.

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• electrick
• electrics

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