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

I have so many memories of driving to the beach with my sisters and my friends that had licenses when I didn’t, and I’m just in the back and we’re screaming “Electra Heart.”

From Los Angeles Times

Separately, the US firm Electra is taking a different approach to producing highly purified iron from ores.

From BBC

The wreck of the Electra sits on the Pacific’s floor, Shapiro asserts, at a level deeper than the ruins of the Titanic.

From Los Angeles Times

Some startups funded by ARPA-E, like Electra, which received nearly $2.9 million, are pursuing a more fundamental shift: using electricity to power the whole process.

From Science Magazine

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

From Los Angeles Times