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ELECTRIC DISCHARGE
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
Synonyms:
arc; discharge; electric arc; electric discharge; spark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("electric discharge" is a kind of...):
electrical conduction (the passage of electricity through a conductor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electric discharge"):
brush discharge (discharge between electrodes creating visible streamers of ionized particles)
corona; corona discharge; corposant; electric glow; Saint Elmo's fire; Saint Elmo's light; Saint Ulmo's fire; Saint Ulmo's light; St. Elmo's fire (an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere)
flashover (an unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator))
