discharge
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6.9
- noun
- /dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ/
- Specialized
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descarga eléctrica
- The entire length of wire was glowing blue, and the discharge at its tip continued to grow.
- electrical discharge
- electrostatic discharge
- lightning discharge
So to what epilepsy is, is an unwanted synchronous electrical discharge in the brain.
- So to what epilepsy is, is an unwanted synchronous electrical discharge in the brain.
Examples
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The electrical discharge can activate some oocytes, although in most cases, additional treatment is required.
Academic text (1999) -
A particularly powerful type of lightning discharge creates the fields that trigger most sprites, Pasko says.
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This looks like some kind of electrical discharge.
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So electrostatic discharge is a thing that happens.
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The entire length of wire was glowing blue, and the discharge at its tip continued to grow.
Fiction book (1998) -
The powerfully arcing electrical discharge reaches its peak between the columns.
Fiction book (1991) -
This looks like some kind of electrical discharge.
Synonyms
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1.0
A sudden bright flash in the sky during a storm caused by electricity
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2.1
A small flash of fire or electricity
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7.3
A bright, hot flow of electricity through air like lightning
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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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5.4
A bright, very hot flow of electricity across a gap that makes light and heat
A faint blue electric glow with many thin light rays that appears when high voltage makes a spark
A faint glow around a high-voltage wire when the air becomes charged
A faint glow of electricity around a high-voltage wire
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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4.2
An official release from the military when someone leaves with a good record
- Formal
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6.7
Official removal from the military because of a serious crime or bad behavior
- Specialized
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6.7
A lamp that makes light when electricity passes between two metal points inside a gas
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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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Etymology
Discharge (the noun) can mean a sudden letting out of electric charge, like a bright flash or lightning when the stored electricity moves at once.