Electrical

//ɪˈlɛktɹɪkəl// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An electrical engineer.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Related to electricity (or electronics)

    "For our final example let us finish the problem posed in the introduction to this chapter. The ideas and formulas needed will be familiar to electrical students, and would be handy for nonelectricals to know as well."

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or concerned with electricity wordnet
  2. 2
    using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity wordnet

Synonyms

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electricagitatingbattery-poweredbreathtakingchargedcliff-hanging

Example

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"Lightning is an electrical phenomenon."

Etymology

From electric + -al.

Related phrases

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