electric has definitions from the fields of transportation,electricity
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[ adjective ] (electricity) using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity

Synonyms

electrical

Examples

"electric current" "electric wiring" "electrical appliances" "an electrical storm"

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

The electric gadget is most helpful when there are many crowned teeth and in individuals who are elderly , bedfast with a chronic disease , or are handicapped by disorders such_as cerebral_palsy or muscular_dystrophy .

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

In California , a_few years ago , a ghoul by the name of H._F._Bell sold electric blankets as a cure for cancer .

He did this by the charming practice of buying_up used electric blankets for $ 5 to $ 10 from survivors of patients who had died , reconditioning them , and selling them at $ 185 each .

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

Both shudder at the thought of proceeding too far beyond the sewage_system and the electric light lines .

(Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)

Experiments were made on an electric arc applying a porous graphite anode cooled by a transpiring gas ( Argon ) .

Related terms

electricity electricity

2
[ adjective ] affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling

Examples

"gave an electric reading of the play" "the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale"

Related terms

exciting

3
[ adjective ] (of a situation) exceptionally tense

Examples

"an atmosphere electric with suspicion"

Related terms

tense

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[ adjective ] affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling

Examples

"gave an electric reading of the play" "the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale"

Related terms

exciting

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[ noun ] (transportation) a car that is powered by electricity

Related terms

car vehicle bumper_car

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