adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a radio/electrical/radar signal
▪ A transmitter connected to the door bell sends radio signals to a portable receiver.
an electrical storm (=one with lightning)
▪ Power supplies have been affected by severe electrical storms in some parts of the country.
electrical goods
▪ Today's shoppers are spending more money on mobile phones and electrical goods than on clothing.
electrical properties
▪ Each type of cell has distinct electrical properties.
electrical repairs
▪ Never attempt electrical repairs without unplugging the appliance.
electrical storm
electrical/electronic equipment
▪ The store sells a wide range of electrical equipment.
electrical/gas appliance
mechanical/electrical/software etc engineer
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
activity
▪ In experiments with rats, increased electrical activity was recorded in the satiety centre of the brain during chewing and swallowing.
▪ George has recorded the electrical activity of individual neurons in the temporal cortex during the three-slide show.
▪ The Doctor had mentioned ionization when they'd first entered the Operations Room; ionization caused by electrical activity.
▪ It is also known that, in some central nervous system neurones, second messengers especially cyclic AMPcontrol membrane electrical activity.
▪ Recording the electrical activity of single brain cells in mammals only became a viable proposition in the 1950s.
▪ In this study, the electrical activity remained the same no matter how many times the sound was heard.
▪ Second, their brain functions, as measured by electrical activity and high-tech scanning, are dissimilar.
▪ It is easier to observe and measure electrical activity than it is to understand the chemical properties.
appliance
▪ The voltage is usually 220v and we recommend you take a universal plug adapter for electrical appliances.
▪ The panels or arrays are used to run electrical appliances or systems and are connected to batteries to store surplus power.
▪ His new job is to make sure lights and electrical appliances are switched off.
▪ Much the same applied to new refrigerators and electrical appliances.
▪ No electrical appliances in the bathroom!
▪ All the electrical appliances are by Siemens.
▪ Systems of this type have been seen in beer production, cigarette manufacture, electrical appliances and soap manufacture.
▪ As house sales have slumped, so has spending on department-store specialities like furniture, carpets and electrical appliances.
charge
▪ Even physics does not understand the nature of an electron and electrical charge.
▪ The electrical charge used by neurons is carried by ions-those electrically charged atoms mentioned previously.
▪ The mass of the proton is 1836 times that of an electron, yet their electrical charges equate.
▪ He picks up sensations, like electrical charges, from the hard inner walls that contain him.
▪ The proton has positive electrical charge, the neutron has none.
▪ These channels let in a flood of even more positive ions, which obliterates the electrical charge at that spot.
▪ Such electrical charges are involved in the transport of materials across cell membranes, and in the conduction of nerve impulses.
▪ Instead of batteries, it is powered by a capacitor which stores an electrical charge good for about an hour of ringing.
circuit
▪ The system we consider is the electrical circuit shown in Fig. 24.5.
▪ This is a truth dependent on the situation as it was - there was no adhoc electrical circuit and so on.
▪ All the electrical circuits and computer systems are thoroughly checked, along with the guidance systems and the life-support components.
▪ A report is awaited on the entire electrical circuit and plans to improve sound amplification are in hand.
▪ Unfortunately, the candle had untoward consequences: it ignited the plastic and started a small fire in the electrical circuits.
▪ Essential electrical circuits have no back-up.
▪ Torture King places a circular fluorescent light bulb on his head and touches an open electrical circuit.
▪ Consider the variety of symbolic representations in the following: electrical circuit diagrams map of the London Underground medieval picture maps.
component
▪ The electrical components should be double insulated for maximum safety and the outer casing made from an ultra violet stabilised material.
▪ If he was idiosyncratic, it was because of his determination to probe the possible electrical component of any problem.
▪ The Warrington-based electrical components group announced £7.34m profits for the year to March 31, compared with £3.68m for the previous year.
▪ It used a spring-loaded starter and had no electrical components.
▪ Mechanical expertise and mechanical and electrical components, including bogies, will come from Adtranz.
conductivity
▪ The nitric acid assures good electrical conductivity.
▪ Any change in the number of ions present will cause a change in the electrical conductivity of the solution.
▪ When pressure is applied to an electrolyte-saturated rock, it reduces the rock's electrical conductivity.
▪ Researchers from the Desert Research Institute in Nevada found that electrical conductivity in the ice core fluctuated widely over less than five years.
▪ It seems, therefore, that sample pore-space or matrix properties can not account for the different trends in electrical conductivity.
▪ All electrical conductivity measurements were taken after any transient changes in the pore structure had occurred.
▪ An example of research with specific objectives might have been the measurement of the electrical conductivity of insulators like germanium.
contractor
▪ Just down the road at Shalford, electrical contractor Schupke collapsed with debts of £100,000 and the loss of 21 jobs.
control
▪ A normal electrical control activity frequency was present in three patients, one with a proven neuropathy and two with undefined pathology.
▪ He found sweeping the floor too boring and manoeuvred himself into a role making electrical control panels.
▪ We were unable to explore systematically the electrical control activity in the postprandial state because of the patients intolerance to food.
▪ Fasting gastric electrical control activity was recorded and analysed using a modification of the method described by Van der Schee etal.
▪ Now a third will be provided with this facility by the addition of an electrical control panel.
current
▪ During magnetic storms the intense electrical currents that f ow in the upper atmosphere heat the air, causing it to expand.
▪ From a mail-order house she ordered a battery-operated galvanic device which applied the stimulation of low-voltage electrical current to his paralyzed limbs.
▪ When electrical currents flow they produce magnetic fields and so it is possible that these two therapies amount to the same thing.
▪ It's a unique beauty treatment that uses thermal clay and electrical currents to combat cellulite.
▪ Due to the radio waves which this equipment gives off, an electrical current is induced into the water.
▪ What had happened was that the passage of electrical current created huge magnetic forces which constricted the tube.
device
▪ The radio waves may come not only from transmitters but power supplies, motors or other electrical devices.
▪ It's either a mechanical or electrical device.
▪ An electrical device would have to be totally sealed against sea-water.
discharge
▪ Such gases, mixed with water vapour, were subjected to electrical discharge and ultraviolet light.
▪ Ultraviolet radiation could do the same job as the electrical discharge in their laboratory.
▪ The deep rumbling beneath their feet abruptly stopped, and the electrical discharges faded away.
▪ The technical officer could not fail to be conscious of the lethal potential of an electrical discharge from the platform.
▪ Tiny electrical discharges zipped and buzzed about the hull as the fragile air was catalysed around them.
energy
▪ And that electrical energy also affects human beings.
▪ The most obvious source of the necessary electrical energy would be solar panels set out on the lunar surface.
▪ Some systems concentrate and focus waves, which increases their height and their potential for conversion to electrical energy.
▪ Its products also absorb and divert electrical energy.
▪ Capital cost is nearly £7 for every watt of electrical energy to be produced by solar radiation.
▪ To liquefy them for storage in propellant tanks, a considerable amount of electrical energy must be expended to run refrigeration equipment.
▪ These allow a store of chemical energy to be converted to electrical energy as required.
▪ This occurs as the result of toxins that form as mechanical energy is converted to electrical energy.
engineer
▪ I became 110 Women in Engineering an electrical engineer, by the way, because I was terrified of machines.
▪ Her husband was an electrical engineer who wanted only to be a poet.
▪ Powersafe has a UK-wide network of branches and its team of electrical engineers has undergone six months of specialist training.
▪ Simeon still insisted, against all plausibility, that he would graduate from City as an electrical engineer.
▪ He dresses and acts more like a 36-year-old electrical engineer.
▪ Gary was an electrical engineer for a defense contractor in the Washington area.
▪ Now he was thinking about becoming a mechanical or electrical engineer.
engineering
▪ Cambridge, besides its university, has much electrical engineering, especially for radios, television sets and computers.
▪ Constructed to an exceptionally high specification and standard, they have associated mechanical and electrical engineering services.
▪ From subsequent events, it would appear that Mr. Marriott was given an appointment in electrical engineering.
▪ On his return three years later he was appointed director of electrical engineering at the Admiralty, Bath.
▪ He mentioned oil, chemicals, engineering and electrical engineering, all of which had made solid progress.
▪ Iron and steel and shipbuilding are good examples of the former and motor vehicles and electrical engineering equipment of the latter.
▪ He graduated with a certificate of electrical engineering in 1915.
equipment
▪ There were 37 attempted and full burglaries and once more hi-fi and electrical equipment has been top of the burglars' list.
▪ He has been in the business for about 14 years and follows aerospace and electrical equipment makers.
▪ Break in: Burglars have stolen electrical equipment and jewellery worth £1,500 from a house in Cedar Road, Darlington.
▪ Money center banks, telephone and drug issues gained, while communications equipment, beverage and electrical equipment shares sank.
▪ The fire, at Cragside, was in a first floor bedroom and was believed to be caused by electrical equipment overheating.
▪ Take electrical equipment maker Shinmei Electric, which makes switches for use in pagers and floppy disk drives.
▪ In March new electrical equipment was ordered from B.T-H. for these cars and new trucks were considered, but turned down.
fault
▪ But be prepared and able to speak without it just in case it is not available or an electrical fault develops.
▪ An electrical fault is believed to have been the cause.
▪ The cause has been described as an electrical fault.
▪ On the other hand it could have been an electrical fault ... he's waiting for the results of the investigation.
▪ Have a residual current device fitted to protect the property from the risk of fire started by an electrical fault.
▪ The blaze was caused by an electrical fault.
▪ Cleveland police said it was believed an electrical fault started the fire in a ground-floor flat.
▪ More recently, stories have circulated that mechanical or electrical faults in factories are due to gremlins taking over the working of machines.
field
▪ In laboratory experiments he has shown that the electrical field of the human entity can affect the contents of the vapour.
▪ For all his systematic innovative accomplishments, Edison worked only in the electrical field.
▪ Most molecules move when placed in an electrical field.
fire
▪ It's worth / remember, as well as safeguard your house investing in one with an / from electrical fires.
generator
▪ The electrical generator is about 98% efficient.
goods
▪ Deathtraps: Coroner's warning over second hand electrical goods.
▪ Another person I knew started a retail business, selling electrical goods, in a small rented shop.
▪ The effective rate of protection for steel, vehicles and electrical goods, however, went much higher, up to 300 percent.
▪ You can shop for bargains in clothes, cameras and electrical goods in modern malls.
▪ Retail turnover was up 28 percent, and in some branches, such as vehicles and electrical goods, by more than half.
▪ Fireplaces, interior doors and electrical goods have been taken from the new houses at Woodbrook, off the lower Galliagh Road.
▪ Trading Standards officers say the case tragically illustrates the dangers of buying second hand electrical goods.
impulse
▪ In nervous communication, messages are carried as electrical impulses in nerve fibres.
▪ I felt as though I was stuck in this network or maze of electrical impulses.
▪ My face seemed to be made up of a mass of needles or spikes or electrical impulses.
▪ Here 130 million light-sensitive rods and cones cause photochemical reactions which transform the light into electrical impulses.
▪ All living organisms produce electrical impulses on an infinitesimal scale.
▪ In electronics, a spiral is used to convert radio waves into electrical impulses.
▪ It also sends electrical impulses into this poor mutt's brains to control its actions.
▪ This is then amplified by photomultiplier tubes and converted into electrical impulses.
outlet
▪ Being mainstream consumer items, them at any electrical outlet or airport duty free.
▪ The only irritating feature was the placement of electrical outlets in the kitchen.
▪ Patients can wear a battery pack or plug into an electrical outlet to recharge the heart's battery.
▪ Trunks have electrical outlets, telephone hookups and vents for air circulation.
▪ Way in the back was a fake electrical outlet through which people passed Miguel the money.
▪ The phones use an electrical outlet for power, but they also work on standard, 12-volt batteries.
power
▪ He switched on his torch - there was, of course, no electrical power left.
▪ A carbon dioxide electrolysis unit requires both thermal and electrical power; indeed, it needs more thermal than electrical power.
▪ However, in order to do that a great deal of electrical power is required.
▪ A carbon dioxide electrolysis unit requires both thermal and electrical power; indeed, it needs more thermal than electrical power.
▪ Thus, under correct termination, no electrical power is fed into these filters over the attenuation bands of frequencies.
▪ I felt a surge of electrical power.
▪ After an explosion had deprived the crew of electrical power and oxygen there was a very real chance that they would die.
▪ The same device, run backwards, reacts hydrogen and oxygen together to make water and generate electrical power.
problem
▪ An effective alarm Can you help me with an electrical problem?
▪ This was another flight that ended with electrical problems on board and the pilot having to fly the craft through re-entry manually.
▪ The electrical problem arises from the finite time it takes a signal to travel across a chip.
property
▪ The brief period of electrical stimulation of the hippocampal cells had seemingly permanently altered their electrical properties.
▪ This provides a bursary for Simon Johnson to study the fundamental, physical and electrical properties of magnesium.
▪ The idea behind the ion motor is to make use of the electrical properties of ionized atoms.
▪ Here, the electrical properties of cells must have become important.
▪ The US$373,000,000 Tethered Satellite System was designed to be pulled through space to investigate the electrical properties of the upper atmosphere.
recording
▪ This is the first issue in a series which will include all of Elgar's electrical recordings.
▪ One, however, qualified for the distinction of making the first electrical recording to be sold to the public.
▪ A wide range of electrical recording techniques are currently available, although not all are suitable for studying behavioural processes.
▪ For details of plant material, growth conditions and electrical recording methods, see ref. 9.
retailer
▪ Discount electrical retailers are expected to spend about IR£5m on advertising this year.
▪ The Smiths Door Chime Kit costs about £10 from electrical retailers.
▪ Alternatively, you could use a three pin plug with a built-in thermostat, available from electrical retailers.
shop
▪ Next door was an electrical shop, its window totally bare except for a single television.
▪ It's an electrical shop, with a shining chrome display of toasters, coffee-pots, and electric carving-knives.
▪ Selling price is around £30, from Argos, Texas, other major chain and d-i-y stores, and specialist electrical shops.
▪ Available from electrical shops nationwide it costs £49.99.
▪ Time allowed 00:27 Read in studio Thieves have broken into an electrical shop and stolen several sophisticated radio scanners.
signal
▪ This unit converts light pulses into electrical signals and vice-versa.
▪ The traffic of ions into and out of neurons underlies their capacity to generate and transmit electrical signals.
▪ We conclude that the systemic response is caused by an electrical signal propagating through the plant.
▪ Images could be converted from light or other radiation to an analog electrical signal.
▪ In these, messages are carried as flashes of light rather than electrical signals so there is no possibility of interference.
▪ Radio antennas receive radio waves and change them into electrical signals which are then turned into sound by the speakers.
▪ However, we will from time to time assume that we are discussing electronic computers, implemented by the routing and gating of electrical signals.
▪ No electrical signal, whether down a wire or through the ether, appears able to travel faster than light.
stimulation
▪ The brief period of electrical stimulation of the hippocampal cells had seemingly permanently altered their electrical properties.
▪ Near the boundary, the electrical stimulation may spread enough to evoke both movements.
▪ Do etal measured increases in excitatory aminoacids by push-pull cannulation in anesthetised human beings undergoing electrical stimulation.
▪ The hypothalamus is also a major site where electrical stimulation seems to produce quite pleasurable feelings.
▪ In most cases they suggest that language extends well beyond the naming sites defined by electrical stimulation.
▪ The author also frequently uses transcutaneous electrical stimulation.
▪ Some forms of this treatment include self-administered electrical stimulation.
storm
▪ There are fireballs and electrical storms, or some sort of celestial display.
▪ Less rain meant less chance of a signal being washed out and less possibility of interference from an electrical storm.
▪ The seas were hot, volcanoes spouted ash and lava, and electrical storms crackled across the skies.
▪ But when electrical storms roll in, nothing is normal.
▪ I do believe the Weather Bureau has logged down that that Sunday electrical storms were hit-and-running these parts.
supply
▪ If the pump or cable develop a fault, the electrical supply is immediately cut off.
▪ They were supposed to shop for wood while Gary and I looked for the electrical supplies.
▪ The electrical supply would be cut, all telephone lines would be down, airstrips closed.
▪ Other services include general cargo handling, marine fuel product storage and wholesale electrical supplies.
▪ Fittings should be removed and the body dismantled as far as possible including disconnecting from gas or electrical supply if possible.
system
▪ As a torrent gushed inside, it knocked out much of her electrical system.
▪ The plumbing system and electrical system are, in my judgment, substandard.
▪ Recently, the electrical system burnt out and now requires rewiring.
▪ Voters approved two bond measures to pay for the seismic retrofit, interior renovations and modernizing the electrical systems.
▪ This time, the electrical system was dead when Lammers tried to restart the engine.
▪ In some cases, these irregularities are described as a type of short-circuit in the hearts electrical system.
▪ Ian Somerville did the electrical system.
▪ A living organism can therefore be regarded as an extremely intricate electrical system.
wire
▪ An electrical wire is inserted into the heart, which is then stimulated electronically and the reaction is studied.
▪ Automobile manufacturing is one of the top sources of demand for copper, after construction and electrical wire.
▪ It is probable that one of the electrical wires had had its insulation damaged.
▪ The wiry Estrada flashes a partially capped smile as she gratefully recalls her first maquila job twisting electrical wires with latex-tipped fingers.
▪ Always check for electrical wires and eater pipes with a pipe and cable detector before drilling walls, floors and ceilings.
▪ They live under high-voltage electrical wire.
▪ Tom left them, twined about with electrical wires, to set up their speakers and woofers and tweeters.
▪ Associates was looking for ways to expand its business of making a Teflon-coated electrical wire.
wiring
▪ They also conceal electrical wiring, filter tubes, and any other clutter behind the tank.
▪ Replacement of the electrical wiring and heating systems, and refurbishment of the lift, were completed on time.
▪ What is the condition of the electrical wiring?
▪ He was reflecting, perhaps, that this had been an easier job than the electrical wiring.
▪ Like the telephone system, or the electrical wiring.
▪ Also, like any other electrical wiring, especially if it is run underground, coaxial cable can be affected by damp.
▪ Philip was working on the electrical wiring of the top floor with the easy-paced contemplative manner of a workman.
▪ Ensure that any electrical wiring is not hidden beneath the insulation.
work
▪ The manufacturer will be able to provide you with a plan, an estimate and details of building and electrical work required.
▪ Inspectors generally specialize in one particular type of construction work or construction trade, such as electrical work or plumbing.
▪ Vessel entries began on Sunday, 15 August, for essential electrical work.
▪ For instance, one person may estimate only electrical work, whereas another may concentrate on excavation, concrete, and forms.
▪ The dual reactor shutdown commenced on 8 August for essential electrical work.
▪ To complete the whole conservatory package Molloy provide any plumbing, electrical work and landscaping required.
▪ He retired early from electrical work because of a slipped disc.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ electrical equipment
▪ an electrical technician
▪ The changing magnetic fields create an electrical current.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Ensure that any electrical wiring is not hidden beneath the insulation.
▪ Giant electrical transmission towers loom over some of the bare lots.
▪ He picks up sensations, like electrical charges, from the hard inner walls that contain him.
▪ He scarcely heard her soft voice going on about paraffin heaters and electrical wall fans.
▪ Her hair is short, gingery and electrical.
▪ They live under high-voltage electrical wire.
▪ Think of our public systems as an infrastructure-like sewers, water pipes, and electrical lines-and the idea of transparency becomes clear.
▪ We know that both cars suffered from electrical faults but as yet we have not identified them.