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Saint Elmo's Fire

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Noun

1. corona, corona discharge, corposant, electric glow, saint elmo's fire, saint elmo's light, saint ulmo's fire, saint ulmo's light, st. elmo's fire

an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Saint Elmo's Fire

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noun usually abbreviated to: St Elmo's fire
(not in technical usage) a luminous region that sometimes appears around church spires, the masts of ships, etc. It is a corona discharge in the air caused by atmospheric electricity
. Also called: corposant

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Saint Elmo's Fire

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a visible electric discharge (corona) from charged, esp. pointed, objects, as the tips of masts, spires, trees, etc.: seen sometimes during electrical storms

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Saint Elmo's Fire

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n.
A visible electric discharge on a pointed object, such as the mast of a ship or the wing of an airplane, during an electrical storm. Also called corposant.

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