Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. An electrical discharge, or corona, seen around pointed objects, caused by ionization of the atmosphere during storms.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. See under Saint Elmo.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
Etymologies
- After St. Erasmus of Formiae, the patron saint of sailors, also known as St. Elmo. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“St. Elmo's fire is a pale electrical discharge sometimes seen on stormy nights on the tips of spires, about the decks and rigging of ships, in the shape of a ball or brush, singly or in pairs, particularly at the mastheads and yardarms.”
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