electro
noun
electro
1 American
[ih-lek-troh]
/ ɪˈlɛk troʊ /
noun
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electros
plural
electro-
2
American
electro-
1
British
combining form
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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
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From June 6 to 28, visitors will be able to explore inside the new work, with electro artist Thomas Bangalter -- one half of legendary French dance act Daft Punk -- providing the soundtrack.
From Barron's ● May 21, 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
It has the squelchy bounce of the early-’80s hip-hop offshoot electro, yet Mr. Parker’s searing guitar lead seems dropped in from a Santana album of the decade prior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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
He felt as though he were a piece of iron being attracted simultaneously in several directions by powerful electro magnets.
From The 4-D Doodler by Graph Waldeyer
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
K is more metallic, or electro- positive, than Na, the compounds of Na are more important, and will be considered first.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams
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
Beyond them, out near the end of the extension-arm, the electro- magnetic cranes of the huge main traveller were sorting and shifting forward a great heap of structural steel.
From Out of the Primitive by Robert Ames Bennet
Then there was the theatrical press-agent, a regular caller with his advance notices and free electros of coming attractions, his press passes.
From Deep Furrows by Hopkins Moorhouse
In a direction with the radii of these dials there are four superposed levers, each of which is actuated by one of the electros.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 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 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
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