Electra

American  

[ih-lek-truh] / ɪˈlɛk trə /

noun

1. Classical Mythology. Also Elektra the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.

2. Astronomy. one of the six visible stars in the Pleiades.

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Electra British  

/ ɪˈlɛktrə /

noun

1. Greek myth the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She persuaded her brother Orestes to avenge their father by killing his murderess Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus

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Electra Cultural  

1. In classical mythology, a daughter of Agamemnon. To avenge his death, she helped her brother, Orestes, kill their mother and her lover.

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The “Electra complex” in psychology involves a girl's or woman's unconscious sexual feelings for her father.

Example Sentences

US-based aerospace startup Electra expects its nine-seater hybrid plane to take flight by 2029, running on a combination of jet fuel and electric power.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

Separately, the US firm Electra is taking a different approach to producing highly purified iron from ores.

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

“The loudest thing down there is the pump we have pushing the fluid through the electrical cells,” says Trevor Braun, a chemist at Electra who oversees development of the process.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024

She’s on a hot-pink Electra with brightly colored stencils on the fenders that remind me of one of the modern art paintings we saw on our class trip to the Norton Museum last year.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina