Electra

[ih-lek-truh]

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.

Electra

/ 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

Electra

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

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

Example Sentences

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

In fact, you made your Broadway debut in “Gypsy,” as a stripper, Electra, and there was a lot to that name, wasn’t there?

From Los Angeles Times

It’s something she’s touched on in her music before, in 2012’s Electra Heart, on track Teen Idle, she alludes to being bulimic, with mentions of purging.

From BBC

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