Definition of electricity in English

WordNet

Noun Plural: electricity
electricity - a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons
		physical phenomenon a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
		galvanism electricity produced by chemical action
		hydroelectricity electricity produced by water power
		photoelectricity electricity generated by light or affected by light
		piezo effect, piezoelectric effect, piezoelectricity electricity produced by mechanical pressure on certain crystals (notably quartz or Rochelle salt); alternatively, electrostatic stress produces a change in the linear dimensions of the crystal
		static electricity electricity produced by friction
		current electricity, dynamic electricity a flow of electric charge
electricity - energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor; "they built a car that runs on electricity"
		electrical energy
		free energy, energy an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style"
		alternating current, alternating electric current, ac an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"
		direct current, direct electric current, dc an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
electricity - keen and shared excitement; "the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it"
		stir emotional agitation and excitement

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Wiktionary

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

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

electricity (n.)
A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving attraction between surfaces of unlike polarity, and repulsion between those of like; by exhibiting accumulated polar tension when the circuit is broken; and by producing heat, light, concussion, and often chemical changes when the circuit passes between the poles or through any imperfectly conducting substance or space. It is generally brought into action by any disturbance of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical, cause.
electricity (n.)
The science which unfolds the phenomena and laws of electricity; electrical science.
electricity (n.)
Fig.: Electrifying energy or characteristic.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

electricity
A general term used for all phenomena caused by electric charge whether static or in motion.

Electrical DictionaryThe Standard Electrical Dictionary 💡

electricity
It is impossible in the existing state of human knowledge to give a satisfactory definition of electricity. The views of various authorities are given here to afford a basis for arriving at the general consensus of electricians.
We have as yet no conception of electricity apart from the electrified body; we have no experience of its independent existence. (J. E. H. Gordon.)
What is Electricity? We do not know, and for practical purposes it is not necessary that we should know. (Sydney F. Walker.)
Electricity … is one of those hidden and mysterious powers of nature which has thus become known to us through the medium of effects. (Weale's Dictionary of Terms.)
This word Electricity is used to express more particularly the cause, which even today remains unknown, of the phenomena that we are about to explain. (Amédée Guillemin.)
Electricity is a powerful physical agent which manifests itself mainly by attractions and repulsions, but also by luminous and heating effects, by violent commotions, by chemical decompositions, and many other phenomena. Unlike gravity, it is not inherent in bodies, but it is evoked in them by a variety of causes … (Ganot's Physics.)
Electricity and magnetism are not forms of energy; neither are they forms of matter. They may, perhaps, be provisionally defined as properties or conditions of matter; but whether this matter be the ordinary matter, or whether it be, on the other hand, that all-pervading ether by which ordinary matter is surrounded, is a question which has been under discussion, and which now may be fairly held to be settled in favor of the latter view. (Daniell's Physics.)
The name used in connection with an extensive and important class of phenomena, and usually denoting the unknown cause of the phenomena or the science that treats of them. (Imperial Dictionary.)
Electricity. . . is the imponderable physical agent, cause, force or the molecular movement, by which, under certain conditions, certain phenomena, chiefly those of attraction and repulsion, . . . are produced. (John Angell.)
It has been suggested that if anything can rightly be called "electricity," this must be the ether itself; and that all electrical and magnetic phenomena are simply due to changes, strains and motions in the ether. Perhaps negative electrification. . .means an excess of ether, and positive electrification a defect of ether, as compared with the normal density. (W. Larden.)
Electricity is the name given to the supposed agent producing the described condition (i. e. electrification) of bodies. (Fleeming Jenkin.)
There are certain bodies which, when warm and dry, acquire by friction, the property of attracting feathers, filaments of silk or indeed any light body towards them. This property is called Electricity, and bodies which possess it are said to be electrified. (Linnaeus Cumming.)
What electricity is it is impossible to say, but for the present it is convenient to look upon it as a kind of invisible something which pervades all bodies. (W. Perren Maycock.)
What is electricity? No one knows. It seems to be one manifestation of the energy which fills the universe and which appears in a variety of other forms, such as heat, light, magnetism, chemical affinity, mechanical motion, etc. (Park Benjamin.)
The theory of electricity adopted throughout these lessons is, that electricity, whatever its true nature, is one, not two; that this Electricity, whatever it may prove to be, is not matter, and is not energy; that it resembles both matter and energy in one respect, however, in that it can neither be created nor destroyed. (Sylvanus P. Thomson.)
In Physics a name denoting the cause of an important class of phenomena of attraction and repulsion, chemical decomposition, etc., or, collectively, these phenomena themselves. (Century Dictionary.)
A power in nature, often styled the electric fluid, exhibiting itself, when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity, by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving attraction between substances of unlike polarity, and repulsion between those of like; by exhibiting accumulated polar tension when the circuit is broken; and by producing heat, light, concussion, and often chemical changes when the circuit passes between the poles, or through any imperfectly conducting substance or space. It is evolved in any disturbance of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical cause. (Webster's Dictionary.)
In point of fact electricity is not a fluid at all, and only in a few of its attributes is it at all comparable to a fluid. Let us rather consider electricity to be a condition into which material substances are thrown. . .(Slingo & Brooker.)
behavior of electrons and protons caused by the attraction of particles with opposite charges and the repulsion of particles with the same charge.]

Wikipedia

Electricity is a type of Energy that can flow through wires. Flow of this energy is caused by movement of electric charge. However, this word is also used to refer a number of other effects also. For example, lightning, Static Electricity etc, are sometimes referred as Electricity.

Electricity arrives at our homes through wires. It is used by Electric Lamps for producing light, Electric Heaters to produce heat etc. It is also used by many devices like washing machine, Electric Cooker, etc for doing their work.

In factories, electricity is used for running machines. These machine produce goods useful for us.

The people who deals with electricity and electrical devices in our homes and factories are called "Electricians".

Electricity in physics.

In physics, "gravity pulls things from a place that is higher to a place that is lower". Water always flows from a higher place to a lower place. This can be said even more simply as: "Energy moves from somewhere high to somewhere low."

Electric charge is another form of attraction like gravity. Unlike gravity it only pulls on things that have an electric charge. If something has a charge it will move towards something else that has an opposite charge or away from some thing with the same charge. Some charges are called positive (+) and others are called negative (-). So 2 things with a + charge will move apart and so will two things with a - charge. If two things have different charges + and - or - and + they will be pulled together.

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