electricity

«electricity» in Mova's school dictionary: A kind of energy that flows through wires and powers… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (electricity — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) A kind of energy that flows through wires and powers lights, machines and devices. tree →

2) The supply of this energy to homes: "The electricity went off." tree →

3) Also natural: lightning and static electricity. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, electricity flows in a closed circuit; batteries and power stations make it; metals conduct electricity, plastic and rubber do not (insulators). In safety: never poke things into sockets; keep water away from electrical things; don't fly kites near power lines; stay away from fallen wires. Phrases: static electricity, turn off the electricity, save electricity, power cut.

examples

• Lamps use electricity. tree →
• Never touch plugs with wet hands — water carries electricity. tree →
• Electricity flows through the wire. tree →
• Lightning is a kind of electricity. tree →
• Turn off lights to save electricity. tree →
• Metals let electricity pass through. tree →
• The storm cut off our electricity. tree →
• Rub a balloon to make static electricity. tree →
• It flies nineteen million times faster than the best race-horse; and yet electricity is quicker still. tree →

note

Uncountable: "electricity", not "an electricity". Adjective: "electric" or "electrical". Electricity from a socket can kill; batteries are much safer but don't put them in your mouth.

In the corpora

• Energy bills pay for gas and electricity, and their prices rise and fall with world events.
• Running chatbots in data centres uses a lot of electricity, and cooling the computers often uses water.
• Sharks sense the faint electricity of living animals with pores on their snouts called the ampullae of Lorenzini.
• Elephantnose fish make weak electricity to sense their surroundings and talk to each other in dark, muddy water.
• Neon gas glows orange-red when electricity passes through it; each element glows with its own colours.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «electricity» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.