electricity

1. (uncountable, usually)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.

2. (uncountable, usually)The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena.

   He took up the job of studying electricity in college.

3. (uncountable, usually)A feeling of excitement; a thrill.

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

   keen and shared excitement

4. (uncountable, usually)Electrical power, as supplied by power stations or generators.

   This heater draws more than a thousand watts of electricity.

   Strom

   электроэне́ргияelektroenɛ́rgija, токtok, электрото́кelektrotók

   електроене́ргіяelektroenérhija

5. (uncountable, usually)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.

   Elektrizität

   электри́чествоelektríčestvo

   еле́ктрикаeléktryka

6. (attributive, often, uncountable, usually)The supply of electricity, as a utility.

   Electricity bosses set to make record profits.

1. Our college uses far too much electricity.

   Наш коледж використовує занадто багато електрики.

   deUnser Kollege verbraucht viel zu viel Strom.

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2. Nuclear power is used to generate electricity.

   Ядерна енергія використовується для виробництва електроенергії.

   ruАтомная энергия используется для производства электричества.

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3. I can't imagine a world without electricity.

   Я не можу уявити світ без електрики.

   ruЯ не могу представить мир без электричества.

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4. Can you imagine what our life would be like without electricity?

   Ви можете собі уявити, яким було б наше життя без електрики?

   ruВы можете себе представить, какой была бы наша жизнь без электричества?

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5. She received the electricity bill today.

   ruСегодня она получила счёт за электричество.

   deSie bekam heute ihre Stromrechnung.

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