electrical : Idioms & Phrases

• . See under Aura.

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• . See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.

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• . See under Candle.

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• (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.

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• noun a clock using a small electric motor
  

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• . See under Clock, and see Electro-chronograph.

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• noun a flow of electricity through a conductor
  current.
  
  • the current was measured in amperes

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• 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.

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• the supposed matter of electricity; lightning.

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• noun a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work
  

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• . See Electro-motor, #2

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• . (Physics) See under Osmose.

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• 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.

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• a railway in which the machinery for moving the cars is driven by an electric current.

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• noun any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
  crampfish; torpedo; numbfish.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the torpedo.

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• . See Telegraph.

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• an apparatus for generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by friction.

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• (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.

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• . See Battery.

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• . See under Brush.

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• noun a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations
  

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• noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
  capacitance; capacity.
  

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• noun an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
  electric circuit; circuit.
  

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• noun an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
  capacitance; condenser; capacitor.
  

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• noun the passage of electricity through a conductor
  

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• noun contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another
  

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• noun converter that converts alternating current into direct current or vice versa
  

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• noun a device that produces or is powered by electricity
  

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• noun a discharge of electricity
  

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• noun electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
  distributor; distributer.
  

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• noun electrical signals produced by unwanted sources (atmospherics or receiver noise or unwanted transmitters)
  

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• noun the reciprocal of capacitance
  elastance.
  

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• noun energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
  electricity.
  
  • they built a car that runs on electricity

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• noun a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity
  

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• noun the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication
  EE.
  

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• (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.

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• noun an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
  fuse; safety fuse.
  

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• noun the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)
  electrotherapy; electric healing; galvanism.
  

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• (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.

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• the light produced by a current of electricity which in passing through a resisting medium heats it to incandescence or burns it. See under Carbon.

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• noun a line of force in an electrical field
  

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• noun receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices
  electric outlet; wall plug; electric receptacle; outlet; wall socket.
  

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• noun a physical phenomenon involving electricity
  

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• noun utility that provides electricity
  electrical plant.
  

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• noun the product of voltage and current
  wattage; electric power.
  

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• noun electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit
  relay.
  

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• noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
  resistivity; ohmic resistance; electric resistance; resistance; impedance.
  

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• noun a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
  electric shock; shock.
  
  • subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response
  • electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks

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• noun a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
  shunt; bypass.
  

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• noun a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety; can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body
  GSR; Fere phenomenon; Tarchanoff phenomenon; galvanic skin response; psychogalvanic response; electrodermal response.
  

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• noun a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning
  thunderstorm; electric storm.
  

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• noun control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
  switch; electric switch.
  

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• noun utility that provides electricity
  electrical plant.
  
• noun equipment in a motor vehicle that provides electricity to start the engine and ignite the fuel and operate the lights and windshield wiper and heater and air conditioner and radio
  

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• noun the craft of an electrician
  

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