Definition of electric Electric

/ɪlɛˈktɹɪk/ - [ilektrik] - e•lec•tric

We found 17 definitions of electric from 6 different sources.

What does electric mean?

Noun Plural: electrics
electric - a car that is powered by electricity
		electric automobile, electric car
Adjective
electric - using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity; "electric current"; "electric wiring"; "electrical appliances"; "an electrical storm"
		electrical
		electricity keen and shared excitement; "the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it"
electric - (of a situation) exceptionally tense; "an atmosphere electric with suspicion"
		tense taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings"
electric - affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling; "gave an electric reading of the play"; "the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale"
		galvanic, galvanizing, galvanising

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electric (Noun)
Electricity.
electric (Noun)
An electric car.
electric (Noun)
A substance or object which can be electrified; an insulator or non-conductor, like amber or glass.
electric (Adjective)
Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.
electric (Adjective)
Of, or relating to an electronic version of a musical instrument that has an acoustic equivalent.
electric (Adjective)
Being emotionally thrilling; electrifying.
electric (Adjective)
Drawing electricity from an external source; not battery-operated; corded.

electric (a.)
Alt. of Electrical
electric (n.)
A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.

electric
e-lek′trik, adj. pertaining to or produced by electricity.—n. any electric substance: a non-conductor of electricity, as amber, glass, &c.—adj. Elec′trical.—adv. Elec′trically.—ns. Elec′tric-eel (see Gymnotus); Electri′cian, one who studies, or is versed in, the science of electricity; Electric′ity, name of the cause of certain phenomena of attraction and repulsion: the phenomena themselves: the science which investigates the nature and laws of these phenomena.—adj. Elec′trifīable.—n. Electrificā′tion.—v.t. Elec′trify, to communicate electricity to: to excite suddenly: to astonish: to adapt to electricity as the motive power:—pa.p. elec′trified.—n. Elec′trisation.—v.t. Elec′trīse, to electrify.—ns. Elec′trode, either of the poles of a galvanic battery; Elec′trolier, a device for suspending a group of incandescent lamps; Elec′trum, amber: an alloy of gold and silver.—Electric railway, a railway on which electricity is the motive-power; Electric spark, one of the forms in which accumulated electricity discharges itself; Electric storm, a violent disturbance in the electrical condition of the earth. [L. electrum—Gr. elektron, amber, in which electricity was first observed.]