electricity

noun

1. a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons

   noun.phenomenon

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor

   noun.phenomenon

   Examples

   They built a car that runs on electricity.

   Synonyms electrical energy

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. keen and shared excitement

   noun.feeling

   Examples

   The stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. 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 <i>polarity</i>, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving <i>attraction</i> between surfaces of unlike polarity, and <i>repulsion</i> 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.

   noun

   Source: webster1913