ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electrical system mean? 

• ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun ELECTRICAL SYSTEM has 2 senses:

1. utility that provides electricity

2. equipment in a motor vehicle that provides electricity to start the engine and ignite the fuel and operate the lights and windshield wiper and heater and air conditioner and radio

  Familiarity information: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Utility that provides electricity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

electrical plant; electrical system

Hypernyms ("electrical system" is a kind of...):

utility (a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Equipment in a motor vehicle that provides electricity to start the engine and ignite the fuel and operate the lights and windshield wiper and heater and air conditioner and radio

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("electrical system" is a kind of...):

equipment (an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service)

Meronyms (parts of "electrical system"):

alternator (an old term for an electric generator that produces alternating current (especially in automobiles))

automobile battery; car battery (a lead-acid storage battery in a motor vehicle; usually a 12-volt battery of six cells; the heart of the car's electrical system)

headlamp; headlight (a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive)

ignition; ignition system (the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine)

starter; starter motor; starting motor (an electric motor for starting an engine)

rear lamp; rear light; tail lamp; taillight (lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle)

voltage regulator (a transformer whose voltage ratio of transformation can be adjusted)

blinker; trafficator; turn indicator; turn signal (a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn)

Holonyms ("electrical system" is a part of...):

automotive vehicle; motor vehicle (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails)

 Context examples 

Most arrhythmias result from problems in the electrical system of the heart.

(Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators, NIH)

Any device that draws current from an electrical system.

(Load Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

The heart has an internal electrical system that controls the rhythm of the heartbeat.

(Cardiac Arrest, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

The cause is a disorder in the heart's electrical system.

(Atrial Fibrillation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)