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ELECTRICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or concerned with electricity
Example:
electrical and mechanical engineering industries
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
Example:
an electrical storm
Synonyms:
electric; electrical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)
Context examples:
Mild electrical stimulation of acupuncture points to control symptoms such as nausea and vomiting.
(Acustimulation, NCI Dictionary)
Also called acupuncture-like transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.
(ALTENS, NCI Dictionary)
The cause is a disorder in the heart's electrical system.
(Atrial Fibrillation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
The electrical potential difference across a plasma membrane.
(Membrane Potential, NCI Thesaurus)
These analyses enable the quantification of thermal, electrical and mechanical parameters of these entities.
(Nanoparticle Physical Characterization, NCI Thesaurus)
Treatments include medicines, using crutches, limiting activities that put weight on the affected joints, electrical stimulation and surgery.
(Osteonecrosis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
A series of events in which cells in the nose bind to scent-bearing molecules and send electrical signals to the brain where they are perceived as smells.
(Olfactory transduction, NCI Dictionary)
An opening in a device that allows something to exit, commonly used to refer to an electrical power recepticle.
(Outlet Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
Abnormality of the P wave signifies aberrant propagation of the electrical impulse through the atria.
(P Wave Abnormality by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)
All was in keeping with a solemn butler who appeared framed in the pink radiance of a tinted electrical light behind him.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
