ELECTRIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electrification mean? 

• ELECTRIFICATION (noun)
  The noun ELECTRIFICATION has 2 senses:

1. the activity of thrilling or markedly exciting some person or group

2. the act of providing electricity

  Familiarity information: ELECTRIFICATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The activity of thrilling or markedly exciting some person or group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("electrification" is a kind of...):

activating; activation; energizing (the activity of causing to have energy and be active)

Derivation:

electrify (excite suddenly and intensely)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of providing electricity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the electrification of rural Tennessee

Hypernyms ("electrification" is a kind of...):

development; exploitation (the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful)

Derivation:

electrify (equip for use with electricity)

electrify (charge (a conductor) with electricity)

 Context examples 

Researchers say the electrification of Titan’s sands could explain why dunes on the moon, some of which are more than 90 meters tall, form in the opposite direction of the prevailing winds.

('Electric Sands' Cover Titan, VOA News)