Ninu [[electrical engineering|iseero onitanna]], itanna unje lilo fun:
* '''[[electric power|agbara itanna]]''' (eyi le tokasi bi [[electrical potential energy|okun iniagbara onitanna]] ba se posi tabi si [[power (physics)|energy per time|okun onitanna larin aikoasiko kan]]) to wa fun lilo, latodo [[electrical power industry|ile-ise onitanna]]. Bakanna, "itanna" le je lilo bi oro fun "sisomo waya fun itanna" to tumosi [[electrical connection|isopomora]] isise mo [[power station|ibuso agbara ina]]. Iru isopomora bahun fun awon alo "itanna" ni aye si [[electric field|papa itanna]] to wa ninu [[electrical wiring|isopowaya itanna]], ati bi be si agbara itanna.
* '''[[electronics|isiseonina]]''' da lori awon [[electrical circuit|asoyipo onitanna]] ti won ni awon [[active component|ohun inu alagbese onitanna]] bi awon [[vacuum tube|igo adepa]], awon [[transistor|tiransisto]], awon [[diode|adojuona]] ati awon [[integrated circuit|asoyipo olodidi]], ati awon oroiseona to ba sepo.
The word ''electricity'' is from the [[New Latin]] ''ēlectricus'', "amber-like"{{Ref label|A|a|none}}, coined in the year 1600 from the Greek ''ήλεκτρον'' (electron) meaning [[amber]], because electrical effects were produced classically by rubbing amber.
