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electro
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Electro \E*lec"tro\, n. An electrotype.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable obsolete English) An electrotype 2 (context uncountable music English) An electronic style of hip hop; electrofunk
Wikipedia
Electro (Maxwell "Max" Dillon) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. An enemy of Spider-Man, he gained the ability to control electricity after being struck by lightning while working on a power line. The character has been depicted in numerous Spider-Man cartoons and video games. In 2009, he was ranked as IGN's 87th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
The character made his cinematic debut in 2014's The Amazing Spider-Man 2, portrayed by actor Jamie Foxx.
Electro or Elektro may refer to:
Electro (or electro-funk) is a genre of electronic music and early hip hop directly influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines, and funk. Records in the genre typically feature drum machines and heavy electronic sounds, usually without vocals, although if vocals are present they are delivered in a deadpan manner, often through electronic distortion such as vocoding and talkboxing. This is the main distinction between electro and previously prominent genres such as disco, in which the electronic sound was only part of the instrumentation. It also palpably deviates from its predecessor boogie for being less vocal-oriented and more focused on electronic beats produced by drum machines.
Following the decline of disco music in the United States, electro emerged as a fusion of funk and New York boogie. Early hip hop and rap combined with German and Japanese electropop influences such as Kraftwerk and Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) inspired the birth of electro. In 1982, producer Arthur Baker with Afrika Bambaataa released the seminal " Planet Rock" which was influenced by the Yellow Magic Orchestra using samples Kraftwerk and drum beats supplied by the TR-808. Planet Rock was followed later that year by another breakthrough electro record, Nunk by Warp 9. In 1983, Hashim created an electro funk sound which influenced Herbie Hancock, resulting in his hit single " Rockit". The early 1980s were electro's mainstream peak. By the mid 1980s, the genre moved away from its electronic and funk influences, using harder edged beats and rock samples, exemplified by Run DMC. Electro became popular again in the late 1990s with artists such as Anthony Rother and DJs such as Dave Clarke. A third wave of popularity occurred in 2007. Electro has branched out into subgenres, including Electrocore and Skweee, which developed in Sweden and Finland.
Electro is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, including two from Marvel's predecessors, Timely Comics and Atlas Comics. The most prominent Electro is Maxwell Dillon, a supervillain and an enemy of Spider-Man. He was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in The Amazing Spider-Man #9 (Feb. 1964).
Usage examples of "electro".
For lesser men, it would be foolish to court the hatred of a creature like Electro, but for the Gentleman, it was merely that part of the game that kept things interesting.
Spider-Man, Peter had seen the escapes of Electro, Mysterio, and Doctor Octopus hit the moving headlines on the news building in Times Square.
Mysterio floated away on a pillar of smoke, and Electro rocketed after him on a crashing wave of lightning.
He somersaulted, flipped, spotted Electro hovering just above him on a crackling arc of sheer energy.
Spider-Man leaped at Electro, hoping for some way to knock Dillon out without frying himself in the bargain.
Dillon, aka Electro, lay awake on top of the covers, staring up the ceiling, using a single glowing fingertip to draw lightning-pictures in the darkness all around him.
He assured Electro that his own secret agenda today was critical to the success of the larger plan.
The cars and buses trapped on the span were still immobile, Electro still paced the East Tower in a ball of light and the young blonde woman in the miniskirt still plummeted from the West Tower, again and again, each time almost hitting the water before flickering, disappearing, and reappearing at the apex of her plunge.
Acting on the assumption that if Electro did blow up the bridge, nothing nearby would be safe from the inevitable wave of collateral damage, the police had closed off many nearby thoroughfares, including the FDR Drive and the Manhattan Bridge, to all but emergency vehicles.
Secondly, any aerial approach will probably result in Electro taking retaliatory action directly against his hostages, probably by firing explosive energy bolts at the automobiles.
Over at the Brooklyn Bridge, the glowing figure of Electro flew circles around both towers, while the hologram of Gwen Stacy fell to her death, only to reappear and fall, reappear and fall.
We would also almost certainly succeed in taking out Electro on our first volley.
Specifically, the possibility that Electro is actively counting on our involvement, that he wants us to break this standoff, that he has a surprise of some kind waiting for us.
And this Electro was not only several times more powerful than that Electro, but also several times crazier and several times more cunning.
Spider-Man supposed he could leap through it and trust in the protection he derived from not being grounded, but he knew Electro would be waiting for that.