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
Brown, M. V. The electric discharge of the electric eel.
From Nature ● Dec. 12, 2017
When the electric discharge touches down it spreads out in search of places to travel.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2016
If an electric discharge be passed through a jar containing the smoke from burnt magnesium wire, tobacco, brown paper, and other substances, the dust will be deposited so as to make the air clear.
From Meteorology or Weather Explained by M'Pherson, J. G.
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