to discharge
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5.4
- verb
- /dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ/
- Specialized
:
descargar
- After charging, it was necessary to discharge this capacitor before it could be used to transmit another pulse.
- discharge a battery
- discharge a capacitor
So the charges pass through the load and the capacitor discharges.
- So the charges pass through the load and the capacitor discharges.
Examples
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A standalone Li-ion cell must never be discharged below a certain voltage to avoid irreversible damage.
Academic text (2007) -
It's being charged up by this environment, and you discharged it.
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Let's let a battery become discharged for example.
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So that begins to discharge the capacitor, OK.
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If they are not fully discharged, they will gradually lose their rated performance.
Academic text (2007) -
The post-operative history was uneventful, and the patient was discharged from the hospital 15 days after the operation.
Academic text (2007) -
George is 65 years old and has just been discharged from the hospital after a myocardial infarction.
Academic text (2011) -
Mammalian kidneys discharge excess salt by dissolving it in water and excreting the solution as urine.
Academic text (2001) -
To avoid damage, make sure to discharge the capacitor before handling it.
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The technician explained how to discharge static electricity from the components properly.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
7
4.2
An official release from the military when someone leaves with a good record
- Formal
6
6.7
Official removal from the military because of a serious crime or bad behavior
- Specialized
1
6.7
A lamp that makes light when electricity passes between two metal points inside a gas
- Specialized
1
5.2
A flow of electricity through a gas that makes light or a spark
- Specialized
A faint blue electric glow with many thin light rays that appears when high voltage makes a spark
- Specialized
A faint glow around a high-voltage wire when the air becomes charged
- Specialized
A lamp that makes light by passing electricity between two metal parts inside a glass tube
- Specialized
A lamp that makes light when electricity passes through gas in a glass tube
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Discharge in electricity comes from the same idea: dis- 'off' and charge as the electrical load, so to discharge a battery is to let its electrical charge go.