| NOUN | phenomenon | electrical energy, electricity, power | energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor |
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| Meaning | Energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor. | |
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| Synonyms | electricity, power | |
| Narrower | alternating current, AC, alternating electric current | An electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally |
| direct current, DC, direct electric current | An electric current that flows in one direction steadily | |
| signal | An electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes | |
| Broader | energy, free energy | (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work |
| Spanish | electricidad, energía eléctrica | |
| Catalan | electricitat, energia elèctrica | |
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