Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties, or manifesting electricity in its natural state.
- noun A term introduced by Gilbert for those substances which become electrified by friction, in distinction from
anelectric .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physics) Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable of becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to
anelectric .
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- adjective physics
electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable of becoming electrified byfriction - noun Any idioelectric substance.
Etymologies
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idio- + electric: compare French idioélectrique.
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