electrics

All the electrical components and wiring of a machine or system.

Noun Commonwealth, uncountable

  1. All the electrical components and wiring of a machine or system.

Origin

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English electrics From electric + -s.

Derived

bioelectrics piezoelectrics

Noun form of, plural

  1. plural of electric
    • There were electric vehicles around, but four-wheel drive electrics were pretty damned rare, and the snow was deep enough to stop anything that didn't have a minimum of four big wheels spinning at all times. - 2004,...

Origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.