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corposant

/ˈkɔː.pə.zænt/

Traduction: Nom désignant une décharge électrique lumineuse, souvent visible comme une lueur autour d'objets pointus pendant un orage, accompagnée d'une ionisation de l'atmosphère environnante.

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C2formalcommonscientific/ˈkɔː.pə.zænt/

A noun referring to an electrical discharge, often seen as a glow around pointed objects during a storm, accompanied by ionization of the surrounding atmosphere.

  • 🇫🇷Nom désignant une décharge électrique lumineuse, souvent visible comme une lueur autour d'objets pointus pendant un orage, accompagnée d'une ionisation de l'atmosphère environnante.
  1. Electrical discharge C2 formal scientific

    A luminous electrical discharge that occurs around a pointed object, such as a ship's mast or aircraft wing, during a thunderstorm, caused by ionization of the surrounding atmosphere.

    • The sailors watched the corposant glow at the top of the mast during the storm.
    • A corposant, also known as St. Elmo's fire, is a weather phenomenon.
    • The pilot reported seeing a corposant on the wingtip in the electrical storm.

    🇫🇷Feu Saint-Elme

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