electrical

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/ɪˈlɛktɹɪkəl/

adjective

Related to electricity (or electronics)

“electrical engineering for the design of electrical appliances”

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Meanings

adjectiveelectrical (comparative more electrical, superlative most electrical)

comparative more electrical · superlative most electrical

  1. Related to electricity (or electronics)

    electrical engineering for the design of electrical appliances

    1 more example

    For our final example let us finish the problem posed in the introduction to this chapter. The ideas and formulas needed will be familiar to electrical students, and would be handy for nonelectricals to know as well.

    2011, Paul A. Calter, Michael A. Calter, Technical Mathematics, page 275

    Antonyms: non-electrical, nonelectrical

nounelectrical (plural electricals)

plural electricals

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveRelated to electricity (or electronics)

nounAn electrical engineer.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveusing or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity

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Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  2. Latinēlectrum
  3. New Latinēlectricus
  4. Englishelectric
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. Englishelectrical

From electric + -al.

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APA

electrical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrical

MLA

“electrical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrical. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electrical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrical.

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