electric discharge
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
It first resolved itself into a series of strata resembling those of the electric discharge.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
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