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Glow discharge
A form of electrical conduction in low-pressure gases (plasmas) that emits light.
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A form of electrical conduction in low-pressure gases (plasmas) that emits light.
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| Word | Definition |
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| electroluminescencenoun | (physics) The generation of light by the application of an alternating current to a semiconductor or phosphor, or by an electric discharge through a gas. |
| discharge tubenoun | (physics) Any device in which a flow of electrons (or ions) through a gas acts as a source of light. |
| electric dischargenoun | (physics) The flow of electricity through the air or gas. |
| positive columnnoun | A glowing region in a glow discharge between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow. |
| plasma lampnoun | A kind of gas-discharge lamp: a clear glass container, often an orb, filled with a mixture of various noble gases at low pressure, and driven by high frequency alternating current at high voltage. |
| electrophosphorescencenoun | (physics) A form of phosphorescence, especially in doped LEDs, that is triggered by an electric charge |
| scintillationnoun | A flash of light; a spark. |
| luminescencenoun | (physics) Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body. |
| electrochemiluminescencenoun | (chemistry, physics) The emission of light as a result of an electrochemical reaction |
| static electricitynoun | An electric charge that has built up on an insulated body, often due to friction. |
| ionoluminescencenoun | (physics) Light emission caused by ion irradiation. |
| corona dischargenoun | (electricity) The ionization of air (or any other fluid) surrounding an electrically energized conductor, as a result of a strong electric field. |
| fluorescencenoun | The light so emitted. |
| triboluminescencenoun | The production of light by friction. |
| ball lightningnoun | A short-lived glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air and thought to consist of ionized gas associated with thunderstorms. |
| corposantnoun | An electrical discharge accompanied by a corona of ionization in the surrounding atmosphere |
| incandescencenoun | (physics) the emission of visible light by a hot body |
| cathodoluminescencenoun | (physics) A form of luminescence produced by the bombardment of a metal or a phosphor by electrons (as in a traditional television). |
| electrochemoluminescencenoun | Alternative form of electrochemiluminescence. [(chemistry, physics) The emission of light as a result of an electrochemical reaction] |
| brightupnoun | (electronics) A pulse of the beam (cathode ray) in a cathode ray tube that causes a blank screen to fluoresce. |
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