| electoral |
of or concerning electors or an election. [2 definitions] |
| electoral college |
a body of people chosen to officially elect the President and Vice President of the United States, based on the popular vote in each state. |
| electoral process |
a set of steps and procedures agreed upon as the method for conducting an election, such as the processes for selecting candidates, registering voters, casting votes, and counting votes. |
| electoral vote |
the tally of the votes cast by the electors of the electoral college in a U.S. presidential election. In most states, the winner of the popular vote receives one hundred percent of that state's electoral vote; therefore, the percentage of the total electoral vote cast for each candidate may not reflect the percentage of the popular vote cast for each candidate. [2 definitions] |
| electorate |
a body of those entitled to participate in an election; qualified voters, as a group. |
| Electra |
in Greek mythology, a princess who convinced her brother to kill their mother and their mother's lover. |
| Electra complex |
in Freudian psychoanalysis, the unconscious desire of a daughter for sexual gratification from her father, or her wish to take her mother's place in her father's affections. (Cf. Oedipus complex.) |
| electric |
of or pertaining to electricity. [4 definitions] |
| electrical |
electric. |
| electric chair |
a chair through which high voltages of electricity are passed in order to execute a convicted criminal. [2 definitions] |
| electric eel |
any of various eellike fishes native to freshwater rivers of northern South America, capable of giving off strong electrical discharges. |
| electric eye |
see "photoelectric cell." |
| electric field |
an area in space over which the effects of an electric charge can be detected. |
| electric guitar |
a guitar that is equipped with a pickup that transmits tones to an amplifier. |
| electrician |
one who installs, maintains, repairs, or operates electrical equipment for a living. |
| electricity |
a physical phenomenon caused by the movement of certain charged particles such as electrons, esp. between points having different electrical charges, and seen in naturally occurring phenomena such as lightning and magnetic attraction and repulsion. [4 definitions] |
| electric needle |
a needle through which electricity runs, used in surgery to cauterize tissue. |
| electric ray |
any of various marine rays that are capable of giving off a strong electrical discharge. |
| electrify |
to charge with electricity. [3 definitions] |
| electro |
electrotype. |
| electro- |
electricity. |