Sekirov Dictionary

side flash

noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun1

A disruptive electrical discharge between a conductor traversed by an oscillatory current of high frequency (such as lightning) and neighbouring masses of metal, or between different parts of the same conductor.

verb1

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Of electricity: to create a side flash.
- The charge traveled down the aluminum mast, and, not finding a path to ground, it side-flashed, blowing out the boat's hull. — 2010

forms

side flashed · side flashing · side flashes

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