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See also:elèctric

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  • First attested inc. 1646 in a publication byThomas Browne. FromNew Latinēlectricus(“electrical; of amber”), fromēlectr(um)(“amber”) +‎-icus(“adjectival suffix”); fromAncient Greekἤλεκτρον(ḗlektron,“amber”); related toἠλέκτωρ(ēléktōr,“shining sun”), of unknown origin (see which for more). The Latin term was apparently used first with the senseelectrical in 1600 by the English physician and scientistWilliam Gilbert in his workDe Magnete.[1]

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    electric (notcomparable)

    1. Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilisingelectricity;electrical.
      • 2006,Edwin Black, chapter 1, inInternal Combustion‎[1]:
        Butelectric 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”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8845:
        [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 ofelectric 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.
      • 2022 December 14, Ben Jones, “Switzerland: a template for Northern Powerhouse Rail?”, inRAIL, number972, page28:
        While Britain continues to argue about how to deliver affordable electrification and decarbonisation, Swiss railways have been 100%electric since the 1960s.
    2. Of or relating to anelectronic version of amusical instrument that has anacoustic equivalent.
    3. (figuratively)Emotionallythrilling;electrifying.
      • 1831,L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, inRomance and Reality. […], volume III, London:Henry Colburn andRichard Bentley, […],→OCLC,page278:
        A glance from Beatrice—for nothing is soelectric 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."
      • a.1857,Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “A Vision of Poets”, inPoems, volume I, New York: C. S. Francis & Co., published1857, pages195–196:
        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.
      • 1867,Walt Whitman,Leaves of Grass‎[2], page98:
        I SING the Bodyelectric; 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.

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    electrical
    electronic (musical instrument)
    emotionally thrilling
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    Noun

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    electric (pluralelectrics)

    1. (informal, usually with definite article)Electricity; the electricity supply.
      We had to sit in the dark because theelectric was cut off.
    2. (informal) An electric powered version of something that was originally or is more commonly not electric.
      1. (rare, countable) Anelectric car,locomotive,train etc.
        • 1955 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, inRailway Magazine, page261:
          Equally I can stand in a station like Lucerne in Switzerland, and watch with ill-concealed admiration the majestic entry of one of the latest Gotthard "Ae 6/6"electrics, packing 6,000 horsepower within its 60 ft. of length and 121 tons of weight, with its sleek dark green sides and handsome stainless steel bands and front wings.
        • 2004, Dennis Barton,Red Star 4: Victory‎[3]:
          There were electric vehicles around, but four-wheel driveelectrics were pretty damned rare, and the snow was deep enough to stop anything that didn't have a minimum of four big wheels spinning at all times.
      2. Anelectric toothbrush.
        • 2007,Working Mother, volume31, number 1, page71:
          The beautiful VIOlight bathroom unit takes up very little space (it's about the size of a cup), yet it holds up to 4 toothbrushes - evenelectrics!
      3. An electrictypewriter.
        • 1983, Stephen King,Word Processor of the Gods:
          Richard's old Olivettielectric had been put aside for the time being on top of one of the filing cabinets. “It serves the purpose,” Richard said. He nodded at the word processor.
    3. (archaic) A substance or object which can be electrified; an insulator or non-conductor, like amber or glass.
    4. (fencing)Fencing with the use of abody wire,box, and related equipment to detect when a weapon has touched an opponent.
      Antonym:steam

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    electric car

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    1. ^“electric”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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    electric m (feminine singularelectrica,masculine pluralelectrics,feminine pluralelectricas)

    1. electric

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    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed fromFrenchélectrique.

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    electric m orn (feminine singularelectrică,masculine pluralelectrici,feminine and neuter pluralelectrice)

    1. electric

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    Declension ofelectric
    singularplural
    masculineneuterfemininemasculineneuterfeminine
    nominative-
    accusative    		indefiniteelectricelectricăelectricielectrice
    definiteelectriculelectricaelectriciielectricele
    genitive-
    dative    		indefiniteelectricelectriceelectricielectrice
    definiteelectriculuielectriceielectricilorelectricelor

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