Electra

American  

[ih-lek-truh] / ɪˈlɛk trə /

noun

1. Classical Mythology. Also Elektra the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.

2. Astronomy. one of the six visible stars in the Pleiades.

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Electra British  

/ ɪˈlɛktrə /

noun

1. Greek myth the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She persuaded her brother Orestes to avenge their father by killing his murderess Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus

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Electra Cultural  

1. In classical mythology, a daughter of Agamemnon. To avenge his death, she helped her brother, Orestes, kill their mother and her lover.

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The “Electra complex” in psychology involves a girl's or woman's unconscious sexual feelings for her father.

Example Sentences

US-based aerospace startup Electra expects its nine-seater hybrid plane to take flight by 2029, running on a combination of jet fuel and electric power.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

Companies such as Electra and Boston Metal offer a completely different vision of the steel-making industry but they won't get far without further investment – and a market that appreciates what they are doing.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

Electra expects to open a new pilot plant in 2025.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024

Millions of dollars have been spent combing the depths for her Electra, to no avail.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024

Another, Electra, was the mother of Dardanus, the founder of the Trojan race.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton