electric discharge
Britishnoun
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The researchers believe the rapidity of those pulses produced the atmospheric changes in the nick of time to create a column of hot air that favors electric discharge.
From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2023
Last week, the FAA proposed another airworthiness directive to address potential electric discharge in the fuel tanks of Boeing 777 series planes if a lightning strike or an electrical short-circuit occurs.
From Reuters • Aug. 2, 2022
For example, when an electric discharge passes through a tube containing hydrogen gas at low pressure, the H2 molecules are broken apart into separate H atoms and we see a blue-pink color.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Brown, M. V. The electric discharge of the electric eel.
From Nature • Dec. 12, 2017
The electric discharge passes from edge to edge, and shifts its position according as the carbon is dissipated.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
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