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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An electrical discharge characterized by a corona and occurring when one of two conducting surfaces (such as electrodes) in a gas is shaped such that it concentrates the electric field at its tip and ionizes the surrounding air.
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- noun an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
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