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An electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
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corposant
Word definitions for corposant in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Corposant \Cor"po*sant\ (k?r"p?-z?nt), n. [It. corpo santo holy body.] St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An electrical discharge accompanied by a corona of ionization in the surrounding atmosphere
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere [syn: corona discharge , corona , St. Elmo's fire , Saint Elmo's fire , Saint Elmo's light , Saint Ulmo's fire , Saint Ulmo's light , electric glow ]
Usage examples of corposant.
It was a bronze statue, Greek or Roman, of a torchbearer whose branch flared with sudden cold corposant fire.
Having picked up the pace a little, the two men strained every sense they possessed in search of assailants they could not see while Ahlitah continued to rage and destroy corposants that could not be made visible but that could bleed.
But couldn't that crackling hair have been nothing more than the electrical discharge that Keith called corposant, St Elmo's Fire?