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Definition of electricity : 1. A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving attraction between surfaces of unlike polarity, and repulsion between those of like; by exhibiting accumulated polar tension when the circuit is broken; and by producing heat, light, concussion, and often chemical changes when the circuit passes between the poles or through any imperfectly conducting substance or space. It is generally brought into action by any disturbance of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical, cause.
2. Fig.: Electrifying energy or characteristic.
3. The science which unfolds the phenomena and laws of electricity; electrical science.

Synonyms:

arc light, active, ignition, brownout, live wire, light, electron, power, arc, blackout, service, radioactivity, electrical energy, heat, utilities

discharge, resistance, capacitance, IC, induction, resistor, computer, electrostatic, wattage, positive, diode, polarity, current, circuit card, CPU, network, kilohertz, tube, charge, negative, electrode, direct current, television, volt, juice, circuit, conductor, connection, monitor, CRT, voltage, FM, cathode, amplifier, spark, anode, alternating current, magnetism, radio, backplane, processor, motherboard, shock, frequency, transistor, electronics, insulator, amperes, watt, memory, radar, ohm, microphone, DC, capacitor, speaker, AC, video, triode, receiver, transmitter, megahertz, cycle, impedance, tweeter, electromagnetism

Usage examples:

• Electricity is measured in a somewhat similar manner. - "The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island", Roger Thompson Finlay.
• The gates of the lock system and the pumps are operated by electricity, the control of which energy is well understood by us. - "The Planet Mars and its Inhabitants A Psychic Revelation", Eros Urides and J. L. Kennon.
• Each heart was beating fast, repressed emotion was at white heat, the atmosphere was full of electricity, no one could tell where the fiery point would first appear. - "Sketches of the Covenanters", J. C. McFeeters.