The ‘electric fluid’; a glow or discharge attributed to this. Also figurative. Now historical.
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释义 | the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [noun] > assumed source of (4) electric fire1736 The ‘electric fluid’; a glow or discharge attributed to this. Also figurative. Now historical. electric fluid1749 A subtle, imponderable, all-pervading fluid that was formerly thought to be the cause of electrical phenomena. Also figurative. Cf. earlier electric… electrical fluid1750 = electric fluid, n. fluid1751 One of several subtle, imponderable, all-pervading substances, whose existence has been assumed to account for the phenomena of heat, magnetism… |
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