Electrical

electrical
    adj 1: relating to or concerned with electricity; "an electrical
           engineer"; "electrical and mechanical engineering
           industries"
    2: using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated
       by electricity; "electric current"; "electric wiring";
       "electrical appliances"; "an electrical storm" [syn:
       {electric}, {electrical}]
    

Electric \E*lec"tric\ ([-e]*l[e^]k"tr[i^]k), Electrical
\E*lec"tric*al\ ([-e]*l[e^]k"tr[i^]*kal), a. [L. electrum amber,
   a mixed metal, Gr. 'h`lektron; akin to 'hle`ktwr the beaming
   sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. ['e]lectrique. The
   name came from the production of electricity by the friction
   of amber.]
   1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing,
      derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric
      power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an
      electric spark; an electric charge; an electric current;
      an electrical engineer.
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   2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as,
      an electric or electrical machine or substance; an
      electric generator.
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   3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. "Electric Pindar."
      --Mrs. Browning.
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   4. powered by electricity; as, electrical appliances; an
      electric toothbrush; an electric automobile.
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   {Electric atmosphere}, or {Electric aura}. See under {Aura}.
      

   {Electrical battery}. See {Battery}.

   {Electrical brush}. See under {Brush}.

   {Electric cable}. See {Telegraph cable}, under {Telegraph}.
      

   {Electric candle}. See under {Candle}.

   {Electric cat} (Zo["o]l.), one of three or more large species
      of African catfish of the genus {Malapterurus} (esp. {M.
      electricus} of the Nile). They have a large electrical
      organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also
      {sheathfish}.

   {Electric clock}. See under {Clock}, and see
      {Electro-chronograph}.

   {Electric current}, a current or stream of electricity
      traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting
      substances, or passing by means of conductors from one
      body to another which is in a different electrical state.
      

   {Electric eel}, or {Electrical eel} (Zo["o]l.), a South
      American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus {Gymnotus}
      ({G. electricus}), from two to five feet in length,
      capable of giving a violent electric shock. See
      {Gymnotus}.

   {Electrical fish} (Zo["o]l.), any fish which has an
      electrical organ by means of which it can give an
      electrical shock. The best known kinds are the {torpedo},
      the {gymnotus}, or {electrical eel}, and the {electric
      cat}. See {Torpedo}, and {Gymnotus}.

   {Electric fluid}, the supposed matter of electricity;
      lightning. [archaic]

   {Electrical image} (Elec.), a collection of electrical points
      regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena,
      an image of certain other electrical points, and used in
      the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson.

   {Electric machine}, or {Electrical machine}, an apparatus for
      generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by
      friction.

   {Electric motor}. See {Electro-motor}, 2.

   {Electric osmose}. (Physics) See under {Osmose}.

   {Electric pen}, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for
      multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at
      great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the
      penhandle.

   {Electric railway}, a railway in which the machinery for
      moving the cars is driven by an electric current.

   {Electric ray} (Zo["o]l.), the torpedo.

   {Electric telegraph}. See {Telegraph}.
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68 Moby Thesaurus words for "electrical":
      agitating, battery-powered, breathtaking, charged, cliff-hanging,
      disquieting, distracting, disturbing, dynamoelectric, electric,
      electric-powered, electrified, electrifying, electrochemical,
      electrodynamic, electrokinetic, electromechanical, electrometric,
      electromotive, electropneumatic, electrostatic, electrothermal,
      exciting, exhilarating, galvanic, galvanometric, heady,
      heart-expanding, heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling,
      hydroelectric, impressive, inflammatory, intoxicating, jarring,
      jolting, maddening, mind-blowing, moving, overcoming,
      overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, perturbing,
      photoelectric, piezoelectric, piquant, provocative, provoking,
      ravishing, soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, static, stimulating,
      stimulative, stirring, striking, suspenseful, suspensive,
      tantalizing, telling, thrilling, thrilly, troubling, unsettling,
      upsetting, voltaic