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ELECTRIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does electric mean?
• ELECTRIC (noun)
The noun ELECTRIC has 1 sense:
1. a car that is powered by electricity
Familiarity information: ELECTRIC used as a noun is very rare.
• ELECTRIC (adjective)
The adjective ELECTRIC has 3 senses:
1. using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
2. (of a situation) exceptionally tense
3. affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
Familiarity information: ELECTRIC used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A car that is powered by electricity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
electric; electric automobile; electric car
Hypernyms ("electric" is a kind of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
electric; electrical
Context example:
an electrical storm
Pertainym:
electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)
Derivation:
electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)
electricity (energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of a situation) exceptionally tense
Context example:
an atmosphere electric with suspicion
Similar:
tense (in or of a state of physical or nervous tension)
Derivation:
electricity (keen and shared excitement)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
Synonyms:
electric; galvanic; galvanising; galvanizing
Context example:
the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale
Similar:
exciting (creating or arousing excitement)
Context examples
They found that the longer they waited to introduce physical stimuli such as electric current and mechanical stimulation to the iPSCs, the less responsive the cells were.
(Early stimulation improves performance of bioengineered human heart cells, National Institutes of Health)
The researchers laid metallic gates over a semiconductor and applied a voltage, which generated a complex electric field.
(Quantum state of single electrons controlled by ‘surfing’ on sound waves, University of Cambridge)
In large cities, the proliferation of PMDs, including electric scooters, demonstrates that existing infrastructures are not yet equipped to deal with such vehicles.
(Scientists design “smart” asphalts with magnetic materials for safer electric scooters, University of Granada)
The amount of drug can be controlled by tuning the strength of the electric field.
(Electronic device implanted in the brain could stop seizures, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
As a planet rotates, the electrically susceptible liquid swirls around and drives electric currents, inducing a magnetic field.
(Juno Peers Inside a Giant, NASA)
An electrical device designed to limit an electric current or to provide a starting voltage.
(Ballast Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of electric current, one of the seven base units of the International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites, SI).
(Ampere, NCI Thesaurus)
The study shows that this plasma void behind Phobos may create a situation where astronauts and rovers build up significant electric charges.
(Solar Eruptions Could Electrify Martian Moons, NASA)
Then, they measured the electric characteristics of the grains.
('Electric Sands' Cover Titan, VOA News)
The new class of molten-air batteries could also be used for large-scale energy storage for electric grids.
(New, high-energy rechargeable batteries, NSF)
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