Electricity is the science, engineering, technology and physical phenomena associated with the presence and flow of electric charges. Electricity gives a wide variety of well-known electrical effects, such as lightning, static electricity, electromagnetic induction and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire. In addition, electricity permits the creation and reception of electromagnetic radiation such as radio waves.

In electricity, charges produce electromagnetic fields which act on other charges. Electricity occurs due to several types of physics:

• electric charge: a property of some subatomic particles, which determines their electromagnetic interactions. Electrically charged matter is influenced by, and produces, electromagnetic fields.
• electric current: a movement or flow of electrically charged particles, typically measured in amperes.
• electric field (see electrostatics): an especially simple type of electromagnetic field produced by an electric charge even when it is not moving (i.e., there is no electric current). The electric field produces a force on other charges in its vicinity. Moving charges additionally produce a magnetic field.
• electric potential: the capacity of an electric field to do work on an electric charge, typically measured in volts.
• electromagnets: electrical currents generate magnetic fields, and changing magnetic fields generate electrical currents

In electrical engineering, electricity is used for:

• electric power (which can refer imprecisely to a quantity of electrical potential energy or else more correctly to electrical energy per time) that is provided commercially, by the electrical power industry. In a loose but common use of the term, "electricity" may be used to mean "wired for electricity" which means a working connection to an electric power station. Such a connection grants the user of "electricity" access to the electric field present in electrical wiring, and thus to electric power.
• electronics which deals with electrical circuits that involve active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies.

Electrical phenomena have been studied since antiquity, though advances in the science were not made until the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Practical applications for electricity however remained few, and it would not be until the late nineteenth century that engineers were able to put it to industrial and residential use. The rapid expansion in electrical technology at this time transformed industry and society. Electricity's extraordinary versatility as a means of providing energy means it can be put to an almost limitless set of applications which include transport, heating, lighting, communications, and computation. Electrical power is the backbone of modern industrial society, and is expected to remain so for the foreseeable future.

The word electricity is from the New Latin ēlectricus, "amber-like", coined in the year 1600 from the Greek ήλεκτρον (electron) meaning amber, because electrical effects were produced classically by rubbing amber.

Electricity

From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation, search

Quotes about electricity

This theme article is a stub. You can help Wikiquote by expanding it.

Unsourced

• "So astounding are the facts in this connection, that it would seem as though the Creator, himself had electrically designed this planet ..." ~ Nikola Tesla
• "Without electricty, there can be no art." ~ Nam June Paik
• "We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles." ~ Thomas Edison
• "Go hug your girlfriend! Or if you don't have any, go find one! You won't find the meaning of life with electricity!" ~ Pex Tufvesson (Kaktus & Mahoney)

Sindh Information (Province, Pakistan, India, Sindhi) @ Demoz.org
... Water management Water supply and sanitation Fuel extraction Electricity ... Sindh Information (Province, Pakistan, India, Sindhi) @ Demoz.org
www.demoz.org/sindh/encyclopedia.htm

---

	New Location:
city:
state/region:
country:

Science: Physics: Electromagnetism: Courses and ...
See also: Science: Physics: Education (437) Electrodynamics Textbook - An electrodynamics Internet textbook project presenting a new, modern, on-line textbook on advanced ...

---

Kids: School Time: Science: Physics
This category in other languages: Chinese Simplified (0) Czech (44) Danish (11) Dutch (14) French (32) German (7) Japanese (31) Russian (41) American Institute of Physics Online History ...

---

Regional: Asia: Thailand: Business and Economy
See also: Regional: Asia: Business and Economy (66) This category in other languages: French (11) German (6) Japanese (0) Swedish (3) Balloon Art - Provides balloon decorations for ...