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electric discharge

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noun

  1. physics another name for discharge

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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

These atoms can be given energy that they later release as UV by numerous processes, including electric discharge, nuclear explosion, thermal agitation, and exposure to x rays.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Electrical studies, however, engaged most of his attention, especially in connexion with the theory of the voltaic cell and the electric discharge in rarefied gases.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

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