Definition that contains electric discharge
- lightning abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
- lightning the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more
- torpedo any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
- ozone a colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation)
- flashover an unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator)
- gas-discharge lamp an electric lamp in which the light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes in a glass tube
- gas-discharge tube a tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas
- electric ray any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
- crampfish any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
- numbfish any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges