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The word ‘electricity’ has come from a Greek word________which means_______________


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Electron

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Amber

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Solution

  1. The word electricity was derived from the Greek word electron which means amber (a kind of resin produced by certain plants).
  2. The flow of charge is known as electricity.

Hence, the word ‘electricity’ has come from a Greek word electron which means amber.


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