"static electricity" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} static electricity (uncountable)
  1. An electric charge that has built up on an insulated body, often due to friction. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Electricity Related terms: triboelectric effect, static cling, dust bunny Translations (an electric charge): كهرباء ساكنَة (Arabic), статично електричество (statično električestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), electricitat estàtica [feminine] (Catalan), 靜電 (Chinese Mandarin), 静电 (jìngdiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), staatiline elekter (Estonian), hankaussähkö (Finnish), staattinen sähkö (Finnish), électricité statique [feminine] (French), statische Elektrizität [feminine] (German), στατικός ηλεκτρισμός (statikós ilektrismós) [masculine] (Greek), חשמל סטטי [masculine] (Hebrew), stöðurafmagn [neuter] (Icelandic), listrik statis (Indonesian), 静電気 (seidenki) (alt: せいでんき) (Japanese), elektrik statik (Malay), elettriċità statika [feminine] (Maltese), hikotū (Maori), الکتریسیته ساکن (Persian), estática [feminine] (Portuguese), electricitate statică [feminine] (Romanian), стати́ческое электри́чество (statíčeskoje elektríčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), electricidad estática [feminine] (Spanish), statisk elektricitet (Swedish), స్థిర విద్యుత్తు (sthira vidyuttu) (Telugu), ไฟฟ้าสถิต (fai-fáa-sà-tìt) (Thai), statik elektrik (Turkish), tĩnh điện (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-static_electricity-en-noun-cpBRUAlR Disambiguation of Electricity: 38 21 41 Disambiguation of 'an electric charge': 68 17 16
  2. The electric discharge from such a body. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Electricity Translations (the electric discharge): hankaussähkö (Finnish), staattinen sähkö (Finnish), στατικός ηλεκτρισμός (statikós ilektrismós) [masculine] (Greek), listrik statis (Indonesian), 静電気 (seidenki) (alt: せいでんき) (Japanese), elektrik statik (Malay), hikotū (Maori), estática [feminine] (Portuguese), электростати́ческий разря́д (elektrostatíčeskij razrjád) [masculine] (Russian), electricidad estática [feminine] (Spanish), స్థిర విద్యుత్తు (sthira vidyuttu) (Telugu), ไฟฟ้าสถิต (fai-fáa-sà-tìt) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-static_electricity-en-noun-gB2n~uCk Disambiguation of Electricity: 38 21 41 Disambiguation of 'the electric discharge': 27 53 20
  3. (physics) Electrostatics. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Physics, Electricity, Energy
    Sense id: en-static_electricity-en-noun-36HkKCu5 Disambiguation of Electricity: 38 21 41 Disambiguation of Energy: 0 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 7 53 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an electric charge",
      "word": "statik elektrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "an electric charge",
      "word": "tĩnh điện"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the electric discharge",
      "word": "hankaussähkö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the electric discharge",
      "word": "staattinen sähkö"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "statikós ilektrismós",
      "sense": "the electric discharge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "στατικός ηλεκτρισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the electric discharge",
      "word": "listrik statis"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいでんき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seidenki",
      "sense": "the electric discharge",
      "word": "静電気"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the electric discharge",
      "word": "elektrik statik"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the electric discharge",
      "word": "hikotū"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the electric discharge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estática"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "elektrostatíčeskij razrjád",
      "sense": "the electric discharge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "электростати́ческий разря́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the electric discharge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "electricidad estática"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sthira vidyuttu",
      "sense": "the electric discharge",
      "word": "స్థిర విద్యుత్తు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "fai-fáa-sà-tìt",
      "sense": "the electric discharge",
      "word": "ไฟฟ้าสถิต"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "static electricity"
  ],
  "word": "static electricity"
}

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