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- electricity
- energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
- current electricity
- a flow of electric charge
- static electricity
- electricity produced by friction
- insulator
- a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
- conductor
- a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
- resistance
- an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
- voltage
- the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
- electric power
- the product of voltage and current
- circuit
- an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
- series circuit
- a circuit in which the objects are connected in a single path
- parallel circuit
- a closed circuit in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuit
- kilowatt
- a unit of power equal to 1000 watts