electro
noun
electro
1 American
[ih-lek-troh]
/ ɪˈlɛk troʊ /
noun
-
electros
plural
electro-
2
American
electro-
1
British
combining form
-
electric or electrically
electrocardiograph
electrocute
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electrolytic
electroanalysis
electro
2
British
/ ɪˈlɛktrəʊ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of electro1
By shortening
Origin of electro-2
Example Sentences
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"Industrial, electro combined? Gonna be mental," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
"Ginga me," Amaarae sings repeatedly over a throbbing electro groove – referencing the fluid, hip-swaying movements of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
When it comes time to take a corner at a sporting pace, the electro Audi just rips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
“Home Counties,” from 2017, included “Whyteleafe,” a syncretic gem of harpsichord-fueled baroque, electro bass lines and vocals that both cherish and recreate the delights of vintage British pop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025
Magnet bar, 20.Magnet core, 16, 75, 93.Magnet, electro, 59, 78.Magnet, horseshoe, 22, 25, 175. p.
From Electricity for Boys by James Slough Zerbe
This aspect of the study is puzzling, as shallow insertion of needles at acupuncture points combined with electro- stimulation would be most definitely be regarded as treatment by trained practitioners.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2010
In no department of the application of electricity to practical work has there been a greater development than in electro- metallurgy and electro-chemistry.
From The Story of Electricity by John Munro
As long as this action is proceeding, as long, that is, as some of the more electro- positive material is present, the less electro-positive material will not suffer.
From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by F. H. (Frank Henley) Leeds
This "electro- motograph" receiver was, however, given up, and a combination of the Edison transmitter and the Bell receiver came into use.
From The Story of Electricity by John Munro
This "secondary" or reacting current is evidently due to the polarisation of the foils—that is to say, the electro- positive and electro-negative gases collected on them.
From The Story of Electricity by John Munro
The publishers whose Marks are included in the chapter on “Modern Examples” are also thanked for the courtesy and readiness with which they placed electros at my disposal.
From Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography by W. (William) Roberts
Also all the silver spoons, the electros being turned out upon the heap as “non-negotiables.”
From The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
My brain whirls with tiles, mosaics, tesseræ, bell-castings, bell-marks, and mottos, electros, squeezes, rubbings, etc., etc.
From Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books by Horatia K. F. Eden
If you could write up to some electros we have of a comic German Christmas party so much the better.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, December 2, 1893 by Various
The smaller cases are sufficient to hold many of the usual small fonts, as well as the ordinary auxiliary material, like type borders, ornaments, small electros, etc.
From Type Cases and Composing-room furniture by A. A. Stewart
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