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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A class of physical phenomena, related to flows and interactions of electric charge
  • A field of physical science and technology, concerned with the phenomena of electric charge
  • A form of energy usually carried by wires or produced by batteries used to power machines and computing, communications, lighting, and heating devices.
  • A form of secondary energy, caused by the behavior of electrons and protons, properly called "electrical energy".
  • A fundamental attractive property of matter, appearing in negative and positive kinds.
  • Excitement.
  • The charge carriers within a conductor, properly called "electric charge".
  • The flow of charge carriers within a conductor, properly called "electric current".

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