E-lēc'trie or E-lēc'trie-al1, a.
a. [Fr. électrique, Sp. electrico, It. elettrico, from Lat. electrum.]
Sense 1. Pertaining to electricity; as, electric power or virtue.
Sense 2. Occasioned by, or derived from, electricity; as, electric effects; an electric spark.
Sense 3. Containing electricity; as, an electric jar.
Sense 4. Capable of occasioning electrical phenomena; as, an electrical machine or substance.
Electric clock. (a.) A time-keeper moved or controlled by electricity or electro-magnetism. (b.) An astronomical clock connected with an electro-magnetic register. See ELECTRO-CHRONOGRAPH. — Electric current, a current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing by means of conductors from one body to another which is in a different electrical state. — Electric eel (Ichth.), a fish or eel of the genus Gymnotus (G. electricus), from two to five feet in length, capable of giving a violent electric shock. — Electric telegraph. See TELEGRAPH.