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ELECTRIC DISCHARGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electric discharge mean? 

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE (noun)
  The noun ELECTRIC DISCHARGE has 1 sense:

1. electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

  Familiarity information: ELECTRIC DISCHARGE used as a noun is very rare.


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ELECTRIC DISCHARGE (noun)


Sense 1electric discharge [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

arc; electric arc; electric discharge; spark; discharge

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))


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