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# electricity

«electricity» in Mova's school dictionary: **A kind of energy that flows through wires and powers…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (electricity — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A kind of energy that flows through wires and powers lights, machines and devices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electricity/#m1)

2) The supply of this energy to homes: "The electricity went off." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electricity/#m2)

3) Also natural: lightning and static electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electricity/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, electricity flows in a closed circuit; batteries and power stations make it; metals conduct electricity, plastic and rubber do not (insulators). In safety: never poke things into sockets; keep water away from electrical things; don't fly kites near power lines; stay away from fallen wires. Phrases: static electricity, turn off the electricity, save electricity, power cut.

### examples

- Lamps use electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electricity/#x1)
- Never touch plugs with wet hands — water carries electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electricity/#x2)
- Electricity flows through the wire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electricity/#x3)
- Lightning is a kind of electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electricity/#x4)
- Turn off lights to save electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electricity/#x5)
- Metals let electricity pass through. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electricity/#x6)
- The storm cut off our electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electricity/#x7)
- Rub a balloon to make static electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electricity/#x8)
- It flies nineteen million times faster than the best race-horse; and yet electricity is quicker still. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electricity/#x9)

### note

Uncountable: "electricity", not "an electricity". Adjective: "electric" or "electrical". Electricity from a socket can kill; batteries are much safer but don't put them in your mouth.

### In the corpora

- [Energy bills pay for gas and electricity, and their prices rise and fall with world events.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/13/)
- [Running chatbots in data centres uses a lot of electricity, and cooling the computers often uses water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/13/)
- [Sharks sense the faint electricity of living animals with pores on their snouts called the ampullae of Lorenzini.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/28-sharks/13/)
- [Elephantnose fish make weak electricity to sense their surroundings and talk to each other in dark, muddy water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/160-the-congo-river/11/)
- [Neon gas glows orange-red when electricity passes through it; each element glows with its own colours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/2-elements-and-the-periodic-table/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «electricity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electricity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.