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The state of being suddenly, gloriously rewired by a jolt you didn't ask for.
means Charged with or stimulated by electricity, or figuratively thrilled and galvanized into sudden, buzzing excitement.
from Built on 'electric,' which traces back through Latin 'electrum' to the Greek 'elektron' — meaning amber. The ancient Greeks noticed that rubbing amber made it crackle and attract bits of straw, so the stone's name became the name for the mysterious force itself. The verb 'electrify' (to charge with electricity) arrived in the 1600s, and the figurative sense — to thrill a crowd as if by a shock — followed soon after, with 'electrified' as its past participle.
- voltage threshold
- Humans feel current at around one milliamp.
- rail power
- Some train rails carry 25,000 volts overhead.
- hair physics
- Electrified hair stands up from like charges repelling.
- figurative shock
- Crowds get electrified before a single word is spoken.
northeast corridor — 456 miles of electrified rail between boston and washington dc, usa's busiest passenger route
london underground — 270 miles of electrified subway lines operating since 1890 in london
swiss federal railways — 99.5% of 2,179 miles of track electrified, highest percentage of any country