Synonyms for electricity
ɪ lɛkˈtrɪs ɪ ti, ˌi lɛk-elec·tric·i·ty

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1. electricitynoun

   a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons

   Synonyms:
   electrical energy

2. electricity, electrical energynoun

   energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor

   "they built a car that runs on electricity"

   Synonyms:
   electrical energy

3. electricitynoun

   keen and shared excitement

   "the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it"

   Synonyms:
   electrical energy

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1. electricitynoun

   Associated words:
   volt, voltage, ohm, kilowatt, ampere, amperage, armature, current, amperemeter, battery, dynamo, motor, voltaic, magnet, charge, coil, induction, conductor, nonconductor, insulate, insulation, farad, electrology, electric, electrician, electrify, electrification, electrifiable, electrition, electrization, electrizer, electrocute, electrocution, electrodynamics, electrodynamometer, electrotherapeutics, electrolysis

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1. List of paraphrases for "electricity":

   electrical, power, electric, électricité, strom, hydro, energy, electrics, electrification

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1. Eric Schweitzer:

   The economy ministry's proposals are eroding fair competition in Europe's electricity market at the expense of German coal-powered stations, the inevitable increase in electricity prices will place an additional burden on the German economy and stunt the competitiveness of many companies.

2. Remy de Gourmont:

   Science is the only truth and it is the great lie. It knows nothing, and people think it knows everything. It is misrepresented. People think that science is electricity, automobilism, and dirigible balloons. It is something very different. It is life devouring itself. It is the sensibility transformed into intelligence. It is the need to know stifling the need to live. It is the genius of knowledge vivisecting the vital genius.

3. Caroline Flint:

   We always have 101 reasons from the energy companies and those in the sector about why they can't pass on wholesale costs, we've seen recently that actually they have started to pass on some of those costs, but it's only between 1 and 5 percent and it's on gas alone not electricity.

4. Van Duyne:

   It's $1.6 billion of wages he just knocked outwith a signature, it's thousands and thousandsof jobs that were just decimated overnight. You think about the folks that Democrats claim that they represent-- working poor, people on fixed incomes -- and literally with onemovement of the pen hehas now raised their electricity rates,raised their gas rates. ... They're nowgoing to have their utility costs go skyrocket.

5. Tom Greatrex:

   The urgent need for further new nuclear capacity in United Kingdom should not be underestimated, without a diverse low carbon mix and with increasing demand to power electric vehicles, we run the risk of becoming more reliant on burning fossil fuels to produce our electricity.