electrical

[ih-lek-tri-kuh l] /ɪˈlɛk trɪ kəl/

adjective

concerned with electricity:

an electrical consultant.

Origin

Related forms

electrically, adverb

nonelectrical, adjective

nonelectrically, adverb

preelectrical, adjective

preelectrically, adverb

unelectrical, adjective

unelectrically, adverb

Examples from the web for electrical

electrical conduit should run inside the counter, rather than through the block cells, wherever possible.
It is so electrical that it will scarcely leave my hand unless to go to the other.
Applications include surgical implants, electrical contacts and the tips of fountain pens.
Then the plumbing and electrical foreman come in and mark their details, followed by the drywallers, siding and painters.
Because amino acids have a slight electrical charge, they are pulled through the tube.
electrical impulses in muscle contraction were first seen in experiments with frogs.
Inside the cochlea, tiny hair cells convert the pulse into an electrical signal to the brain.
Two minutes after the water arrived, the plant's main control rooms began to lose electrical power.
It had the only public bathrooms on the square, as well as electrical outlets.
The openings had been filled in with brick, and a few electrical wires ran through them.

British Dictionary definitions for electrical

/ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl/

adjective

of, relating to, or concerned with electricity

Derived Forms

electrically, adverb

Word Origin and History for electrical

adj.

"relating to electricity, run by electricity," 1746, from electric + -al (1). Earlier (1630s) synonymous with electric. Related: Electrically.

electrical in Science

electric (ĭ-lěk'trĭk) also electrical

(ĭ-lěk'trĭk)
Relating to or operated by electricity. Compare electronic.