# electrical (electrical)

about the flow of electricity through matter

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common  ·  Arena: electrical

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [electricity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-electricity.electrical), [matter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-matter.substance), [flow](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-flow.movement)

**Through:** electricity moves through matter in a pattern of collective motion.

**Novel properties:**
- directed energy transfer
- continuous conductive path
- potential-driven flow

## Examples
- The 2021 Texas power grid failed when ice blocked generators, halting electrical flow across substations. *(engineering)*
- Neurons in the human brain transmit signals via electrical pulses across synapses at speeds up to 120 meters per second. *(biology)*
- The Large Hadron Collider uses superconducting electromagnets cooled to -271.3°C to guide electrical currents precisely. *(physics)*

## Used by
- [pics](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pics.visual) (L14)

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