Electric-energy definition

(physics) The potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.
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Electrical energy.
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Noun

Singular:
electric-energy
Plural:
electric energies

Electric-energy Sentence Examples

  • Hitherto the large bill for electric energy has debarred the general use of electrical heating, in spite of its numerous advantages.

  • The motivepower generated by the Camuzzoni canal is utilized by a large nail factory, flour mills, paper mills, cotton mills and works for the distribution of electric energy.

  • The convenience also with which the energy of waterfalls can be converted into electric energy has led to the introduction of chemical industries into countries and districts where, owing to the absence of coal, they were previously unknown.

  • Meters intended to measure electric energy (which is really the subject of the sale and purchase) are called joule meters, or generally watt-hour meters.

  • Electrolytic Meters are exclusively ampere-hour meters, measuring electric quantity directly and electric energy only indirectly, on the assumption that the pressure of the supply is constant.

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