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electrical

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e·lec·tric  (-lktrk)
adj.
1. also e·lec·tri·cal (-tr-kl) Of, relating to, producing, or operated by electricity: electric current; an electrical appliance.
2.
a. Of or related to sound created or altered by an electrical or electronic device.
b. Amplified by an electronic device: an electric guitar.
3.
a. Emotionally exciting; thrilling: gave an electric reading of the play.
b. Exceptionally tense; highly charged with emotion: an atmosphere electric with suspicion.
n.
An electrically powered machine or vehicle: The lawn mower is an electric.

[New Latin lectricus, deriving from amber, as by rubbing, from Latin lectrum, amber, from Greek lektron.]

e·lectri·cal·ly adv.

electrical
Adjective
of or relating to electricity
electrically adv
USAGE: See at electronic.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.electrical - relating to or concerned with electricity; "an electrical engineer"; "electrical and mechanical engineering industries"
2.electrical - using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity; "electric current"; "electric wiring"; "electrical appliances"; "an electrical storm"
Translations
Spanish electrical [ɪˈlɛktrɪkl] adjeléctrico
French electrical [ɪˈlɛktrɪkl] electric adjélectrique
German electrical [ɪˈlɛktrɪkl] electric adjelektrisch;
(appliance) → Elektro-;
(failure) → Strom-

Italian electrical [ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl] adjelettrico/a

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AN Officer of the Government, with a great outfit of mule-waggons loaded with balloons, kites, dynamite bombs, and electrical apparatus, halted in the midst of a desert, where there had been no rain for ten years, and set up a camp.
At that time Professor Joseph Henry, who knew more of the theory of electrical science than any other American, was the Grand Old Man of Washington; and poor Bell, in his doubt and desperation, resolved to run to him for advice.
You wouldn't think to look at her that a tailor's assistant has enlisted in the army because she would not say how d'you do to him and an electrical engineer, an electrical engineer, mind you, has taken to drink because she refused to share her hymn-book with him in church.
 
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