electricity

noun6

1. •
   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.

   • For, restoring the equilibrium in the bottle does not at all affect the Electricity in the man thro’ whom the fire passes ; that Electricity is neither increased nor diminished. — 1747
2. •
   energy made in power stations and brought to buildings, where it runs everything from lights to computers

   • This heater draws more than a thousand watts of electricity.
3. •
   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.
4. •
   [before a noun] The supply of electricity, as a utility.

   • Electricity bosses set to make record profits.
5. •
   A feeling of excitement; a thrill.

   • Opening night for the new production had an electricity unlike other openings.
6. •
   The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena.

   • He took up the job of studying electricity in college.