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What does electricity mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word electricity? Here's what it means.

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  1. 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. [from 17th c.]
  2. (physics) The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena. [from 18th c.]
  3. A feeling of excitement; a thrill. [from 18th c.]
  4. Electric power/energy as used in homes etc., supplied by power stations or generators. [from 19th c.]
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Back in 1944, the house had no electricity supply, an outside cold water tap and a big vegetable plot.
Rayleigh developed laboratory courses in heat, electricity and magnetism, properties of matter, optics, and acoustics.
The programme is designed to benefit all households or residential units in Johannesburg, provided their electricity accounts are paid in full.
The appointments to the electricity board shows that jobs for the boys is thriving.
Other responsibilities include getting electricity and water supplied to the house.
One pump requires 28,000 watts of electricity and the main pool has a capacity of 10,000 cubic meters of water.

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