electric discharge
Britishnoun
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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
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
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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