Electric Definition–adjective | 1. | pertaining to, derived from, produced by, or involving electricity: an electric shock. |
| 2. | producing, transmitting, or operated by electric currents: an electric bell; electric cord. |
| 3. | electrifying; thrilling; exciting; stirring: The atmosphere was electric with excitement. |
| 4. | (of a musical instrument) | a. | producing sound by electrical or electronic means: an electric piano. |
| b. | equipped with connections to an amplifier-loudspeaker system: an electric violin. |
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–noun | 5. | Railroads. | a. | an electric locomotive. |
| b. | Informal. a railroad operated by electricity. |
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| 6. | electricity: residential users of gas and electric. |
| 7. | something, as an appliance, vehicle, or toy, operated by electricity. |
| 8. | Archaic. a substance that is a nonconductor of electricity, as glass or amber, used to store or to excite an electric charge. |
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Utility Definition–noun | 1. | the state or quality of being useful; usefulness: This chemical has no utility as an agricultural fertilizer. |
| 2. | something useful; a useful thing. |
| 3. | a public service, as a telephone or electric-light system, a streetcar or railroad line, or the like. Compare public utility (def. 1). |
| 4. | Often, utilities. a useful or advantageous factor or feature: the relative utilities of a religious or a secular education. |
| 5. | Economics. the capacity of a commodity or a service to satisfy some human want. |
| 6. | the principle and end of utilitarian ethics; well-being or happiness; that which is conducive to the happiness and well-being of the greatest number. |
| 8. | utilities, stocks or bonds of public utilities. |
| 9. | a grade of beef immediately below commercial. |
–adjective | 10. | (of domestic animals) raised or kept as a potentially profitable product rather than for show or as pets: utility breeds; utility livestock. |
| 11. | having or made for a number of useful or practical purposes rather than a single, specialized one: a utility knife. |
| 12. | designed chiefly for use or service rather than beauty, high quality, or the like: a utility vehicle; utility furniture. |
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Most of the city's water supply comes from purification plants; it is drawn from the Chao Phraya and from deep wells. The pumping of water from wells has caused subsidence in parts of the city, which ...
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Although an electric-light plant was established in the early 1900s, it was not until the late 1920s and early 1930s that a modernization drive was launched by local leaders in Chungking to improve ...
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The three main sources of the city's water supply are Lake Haleji, 55 miles (90 km) away, fed by the Indus River; wells that have been sunk in the dry bed of the Malir River, 18 miles away; and Lake ...
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