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static electricity

noun

: electricity that consists of isolated motionless charges (such as those produced by friction)

Example Sentences

In dry weather, static electricity can cause clothes to cling.
Recent Examples on the Web Formulated for use on even the most sensitive types of LCD, LED, CRT, and OLED screens, EVEO also claims to remove static electricity from screens. Jon Langston And Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2022 Dew points may get very dry, into the 30s, producing some small static electricity again or even some dry skin. A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 17 June 2022 The message is echoed in a report published by the NFPA in August 2021, which highlighted a few incidents where static electricity was the reason behind an explosion at the gas pump. Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 16 June 2022 Prior to Volta’s battery, the only way for people to generate electricity was to rub various materials together, typically silk on glass, and to capture the resulting static electricity. Timothy J. Jorgensen, The Conversation, 9 May 2022 This is especially true when static electricity makes dog hair and cat hair cling so tightly to fabrics, like carpeting and upholstery, that no amount of brushing or suction power seem to pick it up. Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 3 May 2022 An interesting point about this myth is that there is some truth to it, as an Arctic fox’s fur can actually create tiny sparks of static electricity in the very dry air of northern Finland. David Nikel, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2022 The energy generated by the swinging of the user’s arms while running or walking works on the same principle as static electricity. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2022 Vapors from butane can release gas clouds, and a mere spark of static electricity can set off a fiery explosion. Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of static electricity was in 1838

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