RE: proper terms/usage

["Marci Bethel, RMB Editorial Services" <mhbethel -at- rmbeditorial -dot- com>]

MW-11 prefers "electric current" (see definition below). But do you need to
use either? Could you just use "current"?

Main Entry:1elec£tric
Function:adjective 
Etymology:New Latin electricus produced from amber by friction, electric,
from Medieval Latin, of amber, from Latin electrum amber, electrum, from
Greek *lektron; akin to Greek *lekt*r beaming sun
Date:1675

1 or     elec£tri£cal \-tri-k*l\  : of, relating to, or operated by
electricity  *an electric current*  *an electric heater*
2 : exciting as if by electric shock  *an electric performance*  *an
electric personality*;  also   : charged with strong emotion  *the room was
electric with tension*
3 a : ELECTRONIC 3a  b : amplifying sound by electronic means ?  used of a
musical instrument  *an electric guitar*
4 : very bright  *electric blue*  *electric 


Marci Bethel, Freelance Technical Editor 
RMB Editorial Services, www.rmbeditorial.com 
www.linkedin.com/in/marcibethel
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