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UK
/ɪlɛktɹˈɪsɪtˌi/
]
[ US /ɪˌɫɛkˈtɹɪsəti/ ]
[ US /ɪˌɫɛkˈtɹɪsəti/ ]
NOUN
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keen and shared excitement
the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it -
energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
The power went oout around midnight
they built a car that runs on electricity - a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons
How To Use electricity In A Sentence
- Along with petroleum, the most important new source of energy was electricity.
- We pay for our electricity using a keycard which we load at the local shop. Free solar panels sound good, but buying them yourself is better
- In many ways, dragging is to gravity what magnetism is to electricity.
- Its drama is anaemic, devoid of blood, fear and the electricity of repressed desire. Times, Sunday Times
- He said that whatever electricity lines came from the sub-station would be carried on wooden poles.
- Maxwell's theoretical unification of electricity and magnetism was engineered into the modern human power to communicate across space at the speed of light.
- The energy charge, measured in kilowatt-hours, is for the actual electricity that is used by the facility.
- A non-conductor can be charged by induction by exposure to an electrostatic field that is present on a surface charged with static electricity.
- Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.
- The programme is designed to benefit all households or residential units in Johannesburg, provided their electricity accounts are paid in full.
