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  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as,
        an electric or electrical machine or substance; an
        electric generator.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. ``Electric Pindar.''
        --Mrs. Browning.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. powered by electricity; as, electrical appliances; an
        electric toothbrush; an electric automobile.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

  Electric \E*lec"tric\, Electrical \E*lec"tric*al\, a. [L.
     electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr. ?; akin to ? 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.
  
     2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as,
        an electric or electrical machine or substance.
  
     3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. ``Electric Pindar.''
        --Mrs. Browning.
  
     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, 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.
  
     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.
  
     Electrical light, the light produced by a current of
        electricity which in passing through a resisting medium
        heats it to incandescence or burns it. See under Carbon.
        
  
     Electric, 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.

  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
     Scots a.
     electrical#English

  electrical
     a.
     Related to electricity (or electronics)
     n.
     An electrical engineer.

  electrical
     a.
     Related to electricity (or electronics)
     n.
     An electrical engineer.

  electrical
     a.
     Related to electricity (or electronics)
     n.
     An electrical engineer.

  electrical
     Englanti a.
     sähkö-

  electrical
     Engelska a.
     elektrisk; relaterad till elektricitet och främst dess produktion och
  överföring

  Electrical /ɪlˈɛktɹɪkəl/
  كهربائي

  electrical /ɪlˈɛktɹɪkəl/
  elektrický

  electrical /ɪlˈɛktɹɪkəl/ 
  trydanol 

  electrical /ɪlˈɛktɹɪkəl/
  elektrisch 
     Synonym: electric
  
   see: nonelectric, electrical properties, electrical appliances, electrical tests
  

  electrical /ɪlˈɛktɹɪkəl/
  
  ηλεκτρικός

  electrical /ɪlˈɛktɹɪkəl/ 
  1. बिजली~का
        "Students prefer electrical engineering."

  electric(al) /ɪlˈɛktɹɪk ˈal/
  električni

  electrical /ɪlˈɛktɹɪkəl/
  električan, električka, električne, električni, elektro

  electrical /ɪlˈɛktɹɪkəl/
  1. villamos
  2. elektromos

  electrical /ilektrıkəl/
  elektrinis
     See also: electric
  

  electrical /ɪˈlektrɪkəl/ 
   1.  elektryczny
   2.  [przemysł]  energetyczny

  electrical /ɪlˈɛktɹɪkəl/ 
  elétrico

  electrical /ɪlˈɛktɹɪkəl/
  1. elektrikli, elektriğe ait, elektriksel. electrical engineer elektrik mühendisi. electrically  elektrik kuvvetiyle.

  
/ɪˈɫɛktɹɪkəɫ/

  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
  
  

  a. 电的,有关电的,有如电的;

     a. 电的,有关电的