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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieselettricità positiva
Pronunciation / Transliteration: el.lek.tri.tʃi.ta po.zi.ti.va
"Il vetro strofinato si carica di elettricità positiva."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The type of electrical charge conventionally associated with protons and lacking electrons, traditionally designated as positive.
"Glass rubbed with silk acquires a charge of positive electricity." - 2
In historical electrical theory, an excess of the hypothetical fluid of electricity.
"Early physicists debated whether current flowed from positive electricity to negative electricity."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'positive' (from Latin positivus, meaning 'settled by agreement') and 'electricity' (coined in the 17th century from New Latin electricus, based on the Greek elektron for amber). The term was popularized during the 18th century by scientists like Benjamin Franklin to describe the type of electrical charge produced by glass rubbed with silk.
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électricité positive
Transliteration: e.lek.tri.si.te po.zi.tiv
"Le verre frotté acquiert de l'électricité positive."
positive Elektrizität
Transliteration: po.zi.ti.və e.lɛk.tʁi.tsiˈtɛːt
"Geriebenes Glas lädt sich mit positiver Elektrizität auf."
elettricità positiva
Transliteration: el.lek.tri.tʃi.ta po.zi.ti.va
"Il vetro strofinato si carica di elettricità positiva."
electricidad positiva
Transliteration: e.lek.tri.si.dad po.zi.ti.βa
"El vidrio frotado adquiere electricidad positiva."
eletricidade positiva
Transliteration: e.le.tri.si.ˈda.dʒi po.zi.ˈtʃi.vɐ
"O vidro atritado adquire eletricidade positiva."
धनात्मक विद्युत
Transliteration: dhanatmak vidyut
"रेशम से रगड़ने पर कांच में धनात्मक विद्युत उत्पन्न होती है।"
正电
Transliteration: zhèng diàn
"摩擦过的玻璃带有正电。"
양전기
Transliteration: yang-jeon-gi
"유리막대는 마찰에 의해 양전기를 띱니다."
正電気
Transliteration: sei denki
"ガラス棒を絹布でこすると正電気を帯びる。"
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