corona
- noun
- /kəˈroʊnə/
- Specialized
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efecto corona
- Engineers must account for corona discharges to prevent energy loss in electrical systems.
Examples
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The sparks are moving all around the wire and this now the stringers are starting to go away and it's just turning into kind of a corona glow.
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With the help of this microphone we can hear this corona discharge as it starts as the voltage is raised.
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I'm still losing a lot of charge due to corona discharge.
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Higher voltages create corona discharges into the surrounding environment, causing power loss and possible cable and system damage.
Blog text (5) -
But we overestimated our ability to defend ourselves against the intense corona of man-made electromagnetic signals swaddling your world.
Fiction book (2000) -
The display immediately went out, to reappear at the top of the conductor, a glowing spherical corona discharge three feet over the professor's upraised hand.
Fiction book (1998) -
There's nothing in the gospel or in the letters of the New Testament to support a burst of radiation, a burst of UV light, a corona discharge, or something similar.
Blog text (26) -
As the voltage increased, we observed a corona discharge that lit up the air around the wires.
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The corona phenomenon was clearly visible, creating a glowing halo around the high-voltage conductor.
Synonyms
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6.9
A sudden flow of electricity that makes light or sparks
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4.2
A sudden flow of electricity that makes a spark or flash
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5.2
A flow of electricity through a gas that makes light or a spark
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9.9
A blue glow that appears on pointed objects like ship masts or airplane wings during thunderstorms
A faint glow around a high-voltage wire when the air becomes charged
A faint light that appears when electricity passes through air, like on antennas or wires
A glowing electric light that appears on pointed objects like a ship's mast during storms
A blue or purple light that appears on pointed objects like ship masts during storms
A faint blue electric glow with many thin light rays that appears when high voltage makes a spark
Compounds
A small group of stars in the northern sky that forms a half circle like a crown
- Specialized
A faint glow around a high-voltage wire when the air becomes charged
How Intense
Surface Forms
Etymology
Corona comes from the Latin corona, meaning 'crown', because the faint glow around a high-voltage wire looks like a glowing 'crown'. So, engineers call that ring of light a corona.