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STATIC ELECTRICITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does static electricity mean?
• STATIC ELECTRICITY (noun)
The noun STATIC ELECTRICITY has 1 sense:
1. electricity produced by friction
Familiarity information: STATIC ELECTRICITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Electricity produced by friction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("static electricity" is a kind of...):
electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)
Context examples
The team of researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles reveal that their snow-based triboelectric nanogenerator — snow TENG as they refer to it — uses static electricity to generate charge.
(Nanogenerator Creates Electricity from Snowfall, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Researchers liken the charge to the static electricity generated when you rub a balloon on your hair.
('Electric Sands' Cover Titan, VOA News)
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