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Electricity is defined as the effects of an electric charge.
(noun)- An example of electricity is the force that powers a light bulb.
- An example of electricity is lightning.
- An example of electricity is static electricity, the buildup of electric charges on an object's surface.
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See electricity in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a property of certain fundamental particles of all matter, as electrons (negative charges) and protons or positrons (positive charges) that have a force field associated with them and that can be separated by the expenditure of energy: electrical charge can be generated by friction, induction, or chemical change and is manifested by an accumulation of electrons on an atom or body, constituting a negative charge, and a loss of electrons, constituting a corresponding positive charge
- an electric current
- an electric charge
- the branch of physics dealing with electricity
- electric current supplied as a public utility for lighting, heating, etc.
- strong emotional tension, excitement, etc.
Origin: see electric
See electricity in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. The physical phenomena arising from the behavior of electrons and protons that is caused by the attraction of particles with opposite charges and the repulsion of particles with the same charge.b. The physical science of such phenomena.
- Electric current used or regarded as a source of power.
- Intense, contagious emotional excitement.
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