FLASHOVER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("flashover" is a kind of...):

arc; discharge; electric arc; electric discharge; spark (electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field)

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