eletricidade — meaning in English
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English meaning
- electricity noun A form of energy caused by the movement of charged particles, used to power lights, appliances, and machines.
- power noun The ability to do something, or to control and influence people or events.
Senses
eletricidade is used for these senses in English:
- electricity 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.]
- electricity (physics) The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena. [from 18th c.]
- electricity Electrical power, as supplied by power stations or generators. [from 19th c.]
- power (specifically) Electricity or a supply of electricity.
electricity — full definition
- noun A form of energy caused by the movement of charged particles, used to power lights, appliances, and machines.
- noun A feeling of intense excitement or tension.
power — full definition
- noun The ability to do something, or to control and influence people or events.
- noun Physical strength or energy, especially electricity.
- verb To supply energy to a device so it can run.
- noun In mathematics, the result of multiplying a number by itself a given number of times.