Synonyms for electricity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-lek-tris-i-tee, ee-lek- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪ lɛkˈtrɪs ɪ ti, ˌi lɛk- |
Top 10 synonyms for electricity Other synonyms for the word electricity
Définition of electricity
Origin :- 1640s (Browne), from electric + -ity. Originally in reference to friction.
- noun energized matter, power
- I find the study of electricity so entertaining that I am apt to neglect my other work.'
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- The electricity had taken a certain time to travel from the ends of the wire to the middle.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- To hate him would be hating an overpowering force, like heat, or electricity.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- His favourite physical studies were chemistry and electricity.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- Was he a lumpish log, or was he a man all nerves and electricity?
- Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
- "Well, I don't know much about electricity," admitted the aeronaut.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
- She knew, of course, really that the tunnel was lit from end to end by electricity.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- Electricity crackled, and the air became pungent with ozone.
- Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl
- He bent over his apparatus, and I suddenly heard the snapping of electricity.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- The product of the mechanical motion is electricity in the dynamo.
- Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear
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