electricity

thumb|upright=1.35|alt=Lighting strikes on a city at night|Electricity is invisible, but it can yield visually observable phenomena, shown here with the flash of lightning and various forms of [[electric light in the buildings.]]

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Electricity is a physical phenomenon and a subclass of energy and energy source. It is a facet of electromagnetic interaction and part of electromagnetism. The subject is studied by electrochemistry and electromagnetism. It has parts including electrical polarity and has the effect of producing a magnetic field.

The topic was discovered or invented in 1821. It is described by sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. The subject is referenced by 3,500 other encyclopedia articles. It has a Commons category titled "Electricity" and is associated with the Stack Exchange tag for physics.

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Research

788,513 papers

The ecology of electricity and electroreception.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2022England SJ, Robert DDOI: 10.1111/brv.12804
Epithelia Are Scaffolds for Electricity-Dependent Molecular Interactions.ReviewReviews of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology · 2025McCaig CDDOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-68827-0_6
Low-Voltage Electricity-Associated Burn Damage of Lung Parenchyma: Case Report and Literature Review.ReviewThe Journal of emergency medicine · 2021Chen CW, Lin YK, Yeh YS et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.09.039
A host-coupling bio-nanogenerator for electrically stimulated osteogenesis.Biomaterials · 2021Yu B, Qiao Z, Cui J et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.120997
Challenges in coupling atmospheric electricity with biological systems.International journal of biometeorology · 2021Hunting ER, Matthews J, de Arróyabe Hernáez PF et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00484-020-01960-7
Electrical safety.ReviewHandbook of clinical neurology · 2019Burgess RCDOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-64032-1.00005-9
Electricity: How Much for the Contemporary Tertiary Care Operating Room? A Case Report.A&A practice · 2019Shamir MY, Weissman CDOI: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000842
Towards efficient conversion of electricity into edible biomass in crop production systems: a transgenic approach.ReviewLife support & biosphere science : international journal of earth space · 1998Tennessen DJ, Ciolkosz DE, New Collective Author

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Encyclopedic overview

23 sections

Contents

History
Concepts
Electric charge
Electric current
Electric field
Electric potential
Electromagnets
Electric circuits
Electric power
Electronics
Electromagnetic wave
Production, storage and uses
Generation and transmission
Transmission and storage
Applications
Electricity and the natural world
Physiological effects
Electrical phenomena in nature
Cultural perception
See also
Notes
References
External links

Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwell's equations. Common phenomena are related to electricity, including lightning, static electricity, electric heating, electric discharges and many others.

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