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electrification /ɪlɛktrɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n /noun [mass noun]1The action or process of charging something with electricity: I saw no evidence of electrification of the fence...- The Naval Research Laboratory used radio signals from the flying rocket to measure the electrification of the ionosphere.
- Anomalous potentials were observed that could not be attributed to contact electrification.
- Edison still ate breakfast the day he mastered electrification.
1.1The conversion of a machine or system to the use of electrical power: the electrification of the railways [as modifier]: the Government’s rural electrification programme...- Electrification of the countryside developed spectacularly: over 80 per cent of all communes were connected by 1930.
- Electrification will still not go west beyond a couple of miles west of St. Louis.
- The electrification programme accounts for a small percentage of the increase in the demand for electricity.
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