E`lec*trep"e*ter (`lk*trp"*tr), n. [Electro + Gr. tre`pein to turn.] An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator. [R.]
E*lect"ress (*lk"trs), n. [Cf. F. électrice. Cf. Electoress.] The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire. Burke.
{ E*lec"tric (*lk"trk), E*lec"tric*al (-tr*kal), } a. [L. electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr. 'h`lektron; akin to 'hle`ktwr the beaming sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. électrique. The name came from the production of electricity by the friction of amber.] 1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark.
2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance.