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• electro
  electro

  noun

  electrotype.
• electro-
  electro-

  a combining form representing electric or electricity in compound words.

electro

¹ American  

[ih-lek-troh] / ɪˈlɛk troʊ /

noun

• electros
  plural

1. electrotype.

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electro- ² American  

1. a combining form representing electric or electricity in compound words.

   electromagnetic.

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electro- ¹ British  

combining form

1. electric or electrically

   electrocardiograph

   electrocute

2. electrolytic

   electroanalysis

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electro ² British  

/ ɪˈlɛktrəʊ /

noun

1. short for electroplate electrotype

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• electros
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of electro¹

By shortening

Origin of electro-²

electr(ic) + -o-

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Example Sentences

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electro electro- electros

Rockstar posted a new trailer online for "GTA VI" featuring a song from "original score composers Justice", who are best known for their work during the late "French Touch" electro wave of the early 2000s.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

McFadden directly sampled the “Megamix” electro beat on “Storm,” from “The Audience’s Listening,” prefacing the drop with alien sonics before Edan and Mr. Lif deliver their rap verses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Self-taught pianist Belorgey, who was born in Seine-Saint-Denis - just outside of the city of Paris - launched his career in the early 2000s, opening for French electro pioneers Daft Punk.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

While stage designs vary in boldness, songs range from pop to heavy rock and electro and are performed in diverse languages from Maltese to Albanian.

From Barron's ● May 16, 2026

But few families have any large quantity of plate, and electro has almost entirely superseded silver; metal is not common for dishes, and is quite unknown for plates.

From Town Life in Australia by Richard Ernest Nowell Twopeny

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

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

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

Prior to 1886 the refining of copper was the only electro- metallurgical industry and at that time it was carried on on a very limited scale.

From The Story of Electricity by John Munro

At frequent intervals he was consulted by colleagues as to this and that: covers, jackets, electros, fall catalogues, what not?

From Walking-Stick Papers by Robert Cortes Holliday

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

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

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

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