Electrical
Electrical (ih-lek-tri-kuhl)
Electrical refers to anything related to or concerned with electricity. The term is derived from the Greek word "ēlektron" which means amber, a material known for its electrostatic properties.
Etymology
The term "electrical" is derived from the Greek word "ēlektron" (ἤλεκτρον), which means amber. Amber, when rubbed, can produce static electricity, a phenomenon that the ancient Greeks were aware of. The word was later adopted into Latin as "electricus", meaning "like amber", which eventually evolved into the English word "electric" and its derivative "electrical".
Related Terms
- Electricity: The set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge.
- Electron: A subatomic particle that carries a negative electric charge.
- Electromagnetism: A branch of physics involving the study of the electromagnetic force, a type of physical interaction that occurs between electrically charged particles.
- Electrostatics: The study of electric charges at rest.
- Circuit: A closed path in which electric current flows.
- Conductor: A material that allows electric current to flow through it easily.
- Insulator: A material that resists the flow of electric current.
- Voltage: The electric potential difference between two points.
- Current: The rate at which electric charge flows past a point in a circuit.
- Resistance: The opposition to the flow of electric current, resulting in the generation of heat in conducting materials.
- Capacitance: The ability of a system to store an electric charge.
- Inductance: The property of an electrical conductor by which a change in current flowing through it induces an electromotive force in both the conductor itself and in any nearby conductors by mutual inductance.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Electrical
- Wikipedia's article - Electrical
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