ELECTRICALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electrically mean? 

• ELECTRICALLY (adverb)
  The adverb ELECTRICALLY has 1 sense:

1. by electricity

  Familiarity information: ELECTRICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRICALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

By electricity

Context example:

electrically controlled

Pertainym:

electric (using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity)

 Context examples 

Mars has electrically charged metal atoms (ions) high in its atmosphere, according to new results from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft.

(Mars Has Metal in Its Atmosphere, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

One outcome from these reactions is an increase in the lifespan of electrically charged particles called H3+ ions, which are made up of three protons and two electrons.

(Saturn is Losing Its Rings, NASA)

However, the composition of the wind – made of two types of electrically charged particles, namely ions and electrons – affects the flow.

(Solar Eruptions Could Electrify Martian Moons, NASA)

Silicon vacancies in theory should be electrically neutral, but it turns out other nearby impurities can contribute electrical charges to the defect.

(Key Tech for Quantum Communications Offered by Implanting Diamonds with Flaws, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Finally, since particles in the solar wind (electrons and ions) are electrically charged, they respond to magnetic forces.

(NASA Research Gives New Insights into How the Moon Got 'Inked', NASA)

This is a vast cloud of electrically charged particles hurled into space that disturbs the interplanetary magnetic field in our solar system.

(Solar Storms Can Drain Electrical Charge Above Earth, NASA)

In electroacupuncture, the inserted needles are electrically stimulated.

(Electroacupuncture Reduces Sepsis in Mice, NIH)

Issue associated with the discharge of electricity between two bodies previously electrically charged.

(Electro-Static Discharge Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology say the moon’s non-silicate sand is “electrically charged” and “resistant to motion.”

('Electric Sands' Cover Titan, VOA News)

MR Safe items are composed of materials that are electrically nonconductive, nonmetallic, and nonmagnetic.

(Magnetic Resonance Safe, NCI Thesaurus)