Electra
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Classical Mythology. Also Elektra the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
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Astronomy. one of the six visible stars in the Pleiades.
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The “Electra complex” in psychology involves a girl's or woman's unconscious sexual feelings for her father.
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The Buick Electra E7 is set to be SAIC-GM’s first premium new-energy vehicle model to go overseas in October.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Companies such as Electra and Boston Metal offer a completely different vision of the steel-making industry but they won't get far without further investment – and a market that appreciates what they are doing.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
They bought expensive cars, a stylish house in Toluca Lake and Amelia’s signature Lockheed Electra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
Electra expects to open a new pilot plant in 2025.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 30, 2024
He was devoted to his car, a bronze-colored two-door Buick Electra 225, which he referred to with pride as “the Deuce and a Quarter.”
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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