electrical
Americanadjective
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Origin of electrical
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That brief warming disrupts the superconducting state and increases the sensor's electrical resistance.
From Science Daily • Jun. 24, 2026
Local and regional electrical grids don’t have the capacity to fill the voracious power demands of big centers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
An electrical product carries a UL mark because Underwriters Laboratories, a private body, has tested it, and because retailers and insurers learned not to trust products that didn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
Spectators are left exasperated while staff work to patch up the old machines, connected by fraying electrical wires.
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
“Rocket! Don’t play with electrical cords,” Finn said, reaching for the cat.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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