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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(<br/>''Or'', simply, discharge; also gaseous electric discharge, gaseous discharge.) The  flow of electricity through a gas, resulting in the [[emission]] of [[radiation]] that is characteristic of  the gas and of the [[intensity]] of the [[current]].</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Or'', simply, discharge; also gaseous electric discharge, gaseous discharge.) The  flow of electricity through a gas, resulting in the [[emission]] of [[radiation]] that is characteristic of  the gas and of the [[intensity]] of the [[current]].</div><br/> </div>
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electric discharge

(Or, simply, discharge; also gaseous electric discharge, gaseous discharge.) The flow of electricity through a gas, resulting in the emission of radiation that is characteristic of the gas and of the intensity of the current.


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