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electric discharge

British  

noun

  1. physics another name for discharge

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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An electric discharge through such a tube gives a very intense light that lasts only of a second.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Brown, M. V. The electric discharge of the electric eel.

From Nature • Dec. 12, 2017

This state lasts for only fractions of a second, Freund says, and then charged particles “can break through Earth’s surface and discharge as an electric discharge into the air.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2017

When the electric discharge touches down it spreads out in search of places to travel.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2016

Attempts also have been made to produce illumination by what is called stratified light produced by the electric discharge passing through tubes containing various gases.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

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