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CORONA DISCHARGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corona discharge mean? 

CORONA DISCHARGE (noun)
  The noun CORONA DISCHARGE has 1 sense:

1. an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphereplay

  Familiarity information: CORONA DISCHARGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CORONA DISCHARGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

corona; corona discharge; corposant; electric glow; Saint Elmo's fire; Saint Elmo's light; Saint Ulmo's fire; Saint Ulmo's light; St. Elmo's fire

Hypernyms ("corona discharge" is a kind of...):

arc; discharge; electric arc; electric discharge; spark (electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field)


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