electricity

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 suba

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

He took up the job of studying electricity in college.

A feeling of excitement; a thrill.

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

The electricity was crackling around Celtic Park even before a ball had been kicked, the home crowd unleashing noise and colour and every ounce of passion in their bodies on the visitors.

Electrical power, as supplied by power stations or generators.

This heater draws more than a thousand watts of electricity.

Householders could one day be producing as much electricity as all the country's nuclear power stations combined, thanks to the revolutionary application of a device developed in the early 19th century.

Electrical energy, as supplied by power stations or generators.

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

New facilities consume more electricity than ever. A rack of servers stuffed with AI chips requires about ten times more power than a non-AI version a few years ago. A study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that in 2023 America's data centres used 176 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity. That is forecast to increase to between 325TWh and 580TWh by 2028 (see chart 2), or 7-12% of America's total consumption, with hyperscalers accounting for about half.