Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
A discharge of electricity across a gap, causing ionization of the air (or other gas) and resulting in a bright, hot plasma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: discharge, spark, arc, electric discharge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: electrical conduction
Narrower terms: brush discharge, corona discharge, corona, corposant, St. Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light, electric glow, flashover
History
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
