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electric discharge

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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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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

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

He then sent an electric discharge through, and got very remarkable results.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by J. Arthur Thomson

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