apse; apsis. Hypernyms (apse is a kind of...): niche; recess (an enclosure that is set back or indented) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of apse): tribune (the apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne) Holonyms (apse is a part of...): church; church building (a place for public (especially Christian) worship)
Wikipedia enumerates the many uses of electricity in both human technology and the natural world. Electricity provides heat and private and public lighting. Electricity is vital to many appliances, like televisions, radios, computers, refrigerators and washing machines. Even automobiles use electricity and have a battery for this purpose.
Electricity is a term used to describe the energy produced (usually to perform work) when electrons are caused to directional (not randomly) flow from atom to atom. In fact, the day-to-day products that we all benefit from, rely on the movement of electrons. This movement of electrons between atoms is called electrical current. We will look at how electrical current is produced and measured in the following pages. Review. Electricity is a word used to describe the directional flow of electrons between atoms.