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noun Physics.

the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.

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Origin of glow discharge

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby glow discharge

glove puppet, glover, Gloversville, glove silk, glow, glow discharge, glower, glowfly, glowing, glow lamp, glow plug

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How to use glow discharge in a sentence

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Of course, in her Neverland they bleach your teeth so white they glow and Madonna coaches you on your convincing British accent.
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If only it began and ended with the warm glow of family love.
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When you get the kind of discharge I had, they give you a suit and fifty dollars.
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“He said, ‘Look in the mirror, and see the glow in your face,’” Allison recalls Cosby saying, according to the Daily News.
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Charred beams and blackened walls showed stark and gaunt in the glow of a smoldering mass of wreckage.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The reveillée of the sleeping Mexicans was the discharge of our two field-pieces loaded with canister.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Thus night fell, and darkness settled down about him, relieved only by the red glow of the logs smouldering on the hearth.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
As the bright glow of a little cascade of sparks pierced the darkness, a voice in our rear called sharply: "Hands up!"
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Very trim and strong, and confident he looked, with the glow of youth in his cheeks, and the spark of happiness in his gray eyes.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden

British Dictionary definitions for glow discharge

glow discharge

noun

a silent luminous discharge of electricity through a low-pressure gas

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