Used in a Sentence

electra

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for electra.

Editorial note

I used to play with the Electra One controller before, but having the encoders over the display is really something I’ve always wanted.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(astronomy) One of the stars in the Pleiades star cluster.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of electra gathered in one view.

noun

(astronomy) One of the stars in the Pleiades star cluster.

noun

(rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.

noun

(Greek mythology) Any of several mythical women, including a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, one of the Pleiades, and one of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for electra.

noun

(astronomy) One of the stars in the Pleiades star cluster.

noun

(rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.

noun

(Greek mythology) Any of several mythical women, including a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, one of the Pleiades, and one of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.

Example sentences

1

I used to play with the Electra One controller before, but having the encoders over the display is really something I’ve always wanted.

2

The Lockheed Electra and other similar aircraft from the same era flew in wartime operations and regularly came back full of holes.

3

Circa 1986 I was tasked with helping my Grandmother's friend Electra (a very energetic old lady) with finding a computer for her nephew.

4

It's kind of interesting that you're claiming a slippery slope argument, when the words we use to describe incest Oedipal and Electra complex come from wildly popular pre-CE fictional accounts of incest.

5

What's wrong with Razer Electra Headphones?

6

The Electra Bicycle Company, in particular, makes several lines of sit-up-and-beg styles of bikes, influenced by both old-style beach cruisers (which are considered retro cool) and the city bikes you see in cities like Amsterdam (Electra makes a model called the Amsterdam, in fact).

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Looking at Inferno book 4 (the virtuous pagans), Jacopo gives us notes for the Pleiad Electra at 4.121; for Hector at 4.122; Julius Caesar at 4.123; Camilla and Penthesilea at 4.124; Latinus at 4.125; Brutus, Julia, Marcia, and Cornelia at 4.127; Saladin at 4.129; Democritus at 4.136.

Quote examples

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"Electra Glide in Blue" (1973) is a great movie, worth seeking out.

2

I find it curious that the Lockheed Vega is chosen as “Amelia Earhart’s plane” since most people would probably associate her with the Lockheed Electra, the plane she was flying when she disappeared.

3

"Easy Rider", "Electra Glide in Blue" and Music from that era.

Proper noun examples

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Your uploaded self sends you text messages like, 'Just got out of the hot tub with Carmen Electra; wish you could be here'?

2

Export and then reimport of DSNs for Electra/Specctra?

3

Did you try using RTD (Electra like pretraining)?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use electra in a sentence?

I used to play with the Electra One controller before, but having the encoders over the display is really something I’ve always wanted.

What does electra mean?

(astronomy) One of the stars in the Pleiades star cluster.

What part of speech is electra?

electra is commonly used as noun.