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Electrical
{
E-lec′tric
(ē̍-lĕk′trĭk)
, E-lec′tric-al
(ē̍-lĕk′trĭ-kal)
, } Adj.
[L.
electrum
amber, a mixed metal, Gr. ῎ηλεκτρον
; akin to ἠλέκτωρ
the beaming sun, cf. Skr. arc
to beam, shine: cf. F. électrique
. The name came from the production of electricity by the friction of amber.] 1.
Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity;
as,
electric
power or virtue; an electric
jar; electric
effects; an electric
spark; an electric
charge; an electric
current; an electrical
engineer.2.
Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity;
as, an
. electric
or electrical
machine or substance; an electric
generator3.
Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic.
“Electric Pindar.” Mrs. Browning.
Electric atmosphere
, or Electric aura
See under
– Aura
. Electrical battery
. See
– Battery
. Electrical brush
. See under
– Brush
. Electric cable
. See
– Telegraph cable
, under Telegraph
. Electric candle
. See under
– Candle
. Electric cat
(Zoöl.)
, one of three or more large species of African catfish of the genus
– Malapterurus
(esp. M. electricus
of the Nile). They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; – called also sheathfish
. Electric clock
. See under
– Clock
, and see Electro-chronograph
. Electric current
, a current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing by means of conductors from one body to another which is in a different electrical state.
– Electric eel
, or
Electrical eel
(Zoöl.)
, a South American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus
– Gymnotus
(G. electricus
), from two to five feet in length, capable of giving a violent electric shock. See Gymnotus
. Electrical fish
(Zoöl.)
, any fish which has an electrical organ by means of which it can give an electrical shock. The best known kinds are the
– torpedo
, the gymnotus
, or electrical eel
, and the electric cat
. See Torpedo
, and Gymnotus
. Electric fluid
, the supposed matter of electricity; lightning.
[archaic]
– Electrical image
(Elec.)
, a collection of electrical points regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena, an image of certain other electrical points, and used in the solution of electrical problems.
Sir W. Thomson.
– Electric machine
, or Electrical machine
an apparatus for generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by friction.
– Electric motor
. See
– Electro-motor
, 2. Electric osmose
. (Physics)
See under
– Osmose
. Electric pen
, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the penhandle.
– Electric railway
, a railway in which the machinery for moving the cars is driven by an electric current.
– Electric ray
(Zoöl.)
, the torpedo.
– Electric telegraph
. See
Telegraph
.Definition 2024
electrical
electrical
English
Adjective
electrical (comparative more electrical, superlative most electrical)
- Related to electricity (or electronics)
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Noun
electrical (plural electricals)
- An electrical engineer.