electric meaning

• Adjective: electric  i'lektrik
  1. Using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
     "electric current"; "electric wiring"
     - electrical 
  2. (of a situation) exceptionally tense
     "an atmosphere electric with suspicion" 
  3. Affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
     "gave an electric reading of the play"
     - galvanic, galvanizing, galvanising [Brit]
  Noun: electric  i'lektrik
  1. A car that is powered by electricity
     - electric automobile, electric car

  Derived forms: electrics

  See also: electrically, electricity, exciting, tense

  Type of: auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar

  Encyclopedia: Electric

• 
  [Electronics]
  1. Pertaining to electricity and its various
  manifestations.
  2. See ELECTROSTATIC.
  electric absorption See DIELECTRIC ABSORP-
  TION.
  
• 
  [Medicine]
  or elec·tri·cal adj : of, relating to, or operated by electricity — elec·tri·cal·ly adv
  

• acousto-electric:     adjective &n ...
• all-electric:     adjective &n ...
• diesel-electric:    Noun: diesel-elect ...

Examples

1. an electric heater consumes too much electricity.
2. two like electric charges repel each other.
3. he uses an electric razor for shaving.
4. electric currents persisted only for a moment.
5. sparks are spurting out from the electric wire.