electricity

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1. điện

   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.

   uncountable · usually

   How does it work, though? It's based on the observation made some 200 years ago that electricity can change the shape of flames.

2. điện học

   The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena.

   uncountable · usually

   He took up the job of studying electricity in college.

3. sự phấn khích

   A feeling of excitement; a thrill.

   uncountable · usually

   Opening night for the new production had an electricity unlike other openings.

4. điện lực

   Electrical power, as supplied by power stations or generators.

   uncountable · usually

   This heater draws more than a thousand watts of electricity.

5. điện · điện năng · điện khí

   Electrical energy, as supplied by power stations or generators.

   uncountable · usually

   Last year this portion of the grid consumed more than a thousand megawatt-hours of electricity.

6. điện lực

   The supply of electricity, as a utility.

   attributive · often · uncountable · usually

   Electricity bosses set to make record profits.

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