negative glow
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of negative glow
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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More careful observation and experiment have convinced me, that when the negative glow occurs, it never visibly touches the luminous part of the positive discharge, but that the dark space is always there.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
The force reaches a minimum either in the negative glow itself or in the part of the Faraday dark space just outside, after which it increases towards the positive column.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" by Various
The electric force exerted by this cloud of corpuscles will diminish the strength of the electric field in the region between the cathode and the negative glow, and thus tend to stop the discharge.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" by Various
In rarefied air the negative glow can easily be obtained.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
I will now notice a very remarkable circumstance in the luminous discharge accompanied by negative glow, which may, perhaps, be correctly traced hereafter into discharges of much higher intensity.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
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