corona discharge

Questions about corona discharge

What does corona discharge mean?

corona discharge means "an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere".

What is another word for corona discharge?

Close synonyms include corona, corposant, St. Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's light. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is corona discharge a common word?

corona discharge is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.