English-Czech translations for electricity

• elektřina
  Elektřina má nesmírný význam, a přístup k ní by měl mít každý. Electricity is of the utmost importance and should be accessible to everyone.
  Za několik málo let bude elektřina získávaná ze solární energie podstatně levnější. Over the next few years, electricity produced from solar energy will become significantly cheaper.
  Mnohokrát jsem viděl, jak jsou lidé překvapeni, když se dozví, kolik stojí v Africe elektřina. I have seen the surprise on people's faces many times when they learn how much electricity costs in Africa.

Definition of 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 subatomic particles and their interaction with the electromagnetic field.
• The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena.
• Electric power/energy as used in homes etc., supplied by power stations or generators.

Examples

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

Related words

• hydroelectricity
• piezoelectricity
• pyroelectricity
• photoelectricity
• thermoelectricity
• ferroelectricity
• bioelectricity
• geoelectricity
• paraelectricity