WordNet
n. an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere [syn: corona discharge, corona, corposant, St. Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light]
Usage examples of "electric glow".
The branches were glowing blue from the trapped atmosphere within the containment fields there, giving thousands of klicks of vinous wood and flickering leaves a sort of blue, electric glow, as if the entire inner surface were charged with voltage.
He realized that he was revealed by the sputtering, third-hand electric glow, but he did not move away from the railing to a less conspicuous position.
The night sky was clouded and the darkness made thicker by the electric glow above their heads.
There were streetlights here, and an electric glow came from numerous windows.
It didn't matter as the electric glow, softened by frosted glass, didn't seem to be keeping anyone awake.
How cute, this neon shrieker made to plunge upward, odd-headed blob, this marginal electric glow-thing.
I saw the end of the passage approaching, the grey, cold dawn light replacing the warm electric glow of the passageway, and i could feel my muscles tense involuntarily.