noun 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. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
noun The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena.
He took up the job of studying electricity in college.
noun A feeling of excitement; a thrill.
Opening night for the new production had an electricity unlike other openings.
noun Electrical power, as supplied by power stations or generators.
This heater draws more than a thousand watts of electricity.
noun Electrical energy, as supplied by power stations or generators.
Last year this portion of the grid consumed more than a thousand megawatt-hours of electricity.