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Etymology

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Fromelectric +‎-ity.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK)IPA(key): /ˌiː.lɛkˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/,/ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/,/ˌɛl.ɪkˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/,/əˌlɛkˈtɹɪs.(ə.)ti/
  • (US)IPA(key): /ɪˌlɛkˈt͡ʃɹɪs.ɪ.ti/,[ɪˌlɛkˈt͡ʃɹɪs.ɪ.ɾi],/iˌlɛkˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/,[iˌlɛkˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ɾi],/əˌlɛkˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/,[əˌlɛkˈtɹɪs.ə.ɾi]
  • Audio(US):(file)
  • (Indic)IPA(key): /ˈɛləkʈrɪsɪʈi/
  • Rhymes:-ɪsɪti

Noun

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electricity (usuallyuncountable,pluralelectricities)

  1. Originally, a property ofamber and certain othernonconducting substances toattract lightweight material whenrubbed, or the cause of this property; now understood to be a phenomenon caused by the distribution and movement of charged subatomic particles and their interaction with theelectromagnetic field.[from 17th c.]
    • 1646,Sir Thomas Browne,Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 4th edition,page56:
      Again, the concretion of Ice will not endure a dry attrition withoutliquation ; for if it be rubbed long with a cloth, it melteth. But Cryſtal will calefie untoelectricity ; that is, a power to attract ſtraws or light bodies, and convert the needle freely placed.
    • 1747 July 28,Benjamin Franklin, letter toPeter Collinson, collected inNew Experiments and Observations on Electricity, part I, 3rd edition, London: D. Henry and R. Cape, published 1760,page 8:
      For, reſtoring the equilibrium in the bottle does not at all affect theElectricity in the man thro’ whom the fire paſſes ; thatElectricity is neither increaſed nor diminiſhed.
    • 1837, William Leithead,Electricity, page 5:
      Attraction, then, is the first phenomenon that arrests our attention, and it is one that is constantly attendant on excitation. It is therefore considered a sure indicator of the presence ofelectricity in an active state, and forms the basis of all its tests.
    • 1873,James Clerk Maxwell,A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism:
      We may express all these results in a concise and consistent manner by describing an electrified body ascharged with a certainquantity ofelectricity, which we may denote bye.
    • 2011 March 29, Jon Henley,The Guardian:
      How does it work, though? It's based on the observation made some 200 years ago thatelectricity can change the shape of flames.
  2. (physics) The study ofelectrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena.[from 18th c.]
    He took up the job of studyingelectricity in college.
  3. A feeling ofexcitement; athrill.[from 18th c.]
    Opening night for the new production had anelectricity unlike other openings.
    • 2016 September 28, Tom English, “Celtic 3–3 Manchester City”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:
      Theelectricity was crackling around Celtic Park even before a ball had been kicked, the home crowd unleashing noise and colour and every ounce of passion in their bodies on the visitors.
  4. Electricalpower, as supplied bypower stations orgenerators.[from 19th c.]
    This heater draws more than a thousand watts ofelectricity.
    • 2000, James Meek,Home-made answer to generating electricity harks back to the past The Guardian‎[2]:
      Householders could one day be producing as muchelectricity as all the country's nuclear power stations combined, thanks to the revolutionary application of a device developed in the early 19th century.
    • 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 ofelectricity. 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.
  5. Electricalenergy, as supplied bypower stations orgenerators.
    Last year this portion of the grid consumed more than a thousand megawatt-hours ofelectricity.
    • 2025 July 28, Editorial staff, “How big tech plans to feed AI's voracious appetite for power. As data centres get more energy-hungry, the hyperscalers get more creative”, inThe Economist‎[3], archived fromthe original on28 July 2025:
      New facilities consume more electricity than ever. A rack of servers stuffed with AI chips requires about ten times more power than a non-AI version a few years ago. A study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that in 2023 America's data centres used 176 terawatt-hours (TWh) ofelectricity. That is forecast to increase to between 325TWh and 580TWh by 2028 (see chart 2), or 7-12% of America's total consumption, with hyperscalers accounting for about half.
  6. (business, often attributive) Thesupply of electricity, as autility.
    Electricity bosses set to make record profits.

Derived terms

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Translations

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form of energy
field of physical science and technology
excitement
electrical power
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