electricity

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Originally, a property of amber and certain other nonconducting substances to attract lightweight material when rubbed, or the cause of this property; now understood to be a phenomenon caused by the distribution and movement of charged subatomic particles and their interaction with the electromagnetic field.

   “Again, the concretion of Ice will not endure a dry attrition without liquation ; for if it be rubbed long with a cloth, it melteth. But Cryſtal will calefie unto electricity ; that is, a power to attract ſtraws or light bodies, and convert the needle freely placed.”

2. isim The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena.

   “He took up the job of studying electricity in college.”

3. isim A feeling of excitement; a thrill.

   “Opening night for the new production had an electricity unlike other openings.”

4. isim Electrical power, as supplied by power stations or generators.

   “This heater draws more than a thousand watts of electricity.”

5. isim Electrical energy, as supplied by power stations or generators.

   “Last year this portion of the grid consumed more than a thousand megawatt-hours of electricity.”

6. isim The supply of electricity, as a utility.

   “Electricity bosses set to make record profits.”