Phrase Hound found 21 phrases and 16 compound words that contain discharge. The most common are listed below. Open discharge in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 21
- glow dischargeA form of electrical conduction in low-pressure gases (plasmas) that emits light.
- discharge tubeAny device in which a flow of electrons (or ions) through a gas acts as a source of light.
- corona dischargeThe ionization of air (or any other fluid) surrounding an electrically energized conductor, as a result of a strong electric field.
- honorable dischargeRelease from military service with a favorable record or conduct.
- dishonorable dischargeRelease from military service because of conduct that is considered reprehensible.
- blue dischargeA form of administrative military discharge formerly issued by the United States, neither honorable nor dishonorable.
- electric dischargeThe withdraw of electric charge.
- gas dischargeThe passage of electric current through an ionized gas, transforming it into a conductive plasma.
- partial dischargeA localized electrical breakdown of a small portion of a solid or fluid electrical insulator when being applied to high voltage.
- self-dischargeThe gradual decrease of charge in a battery while not in use.
- discharge tubesplural of discharge tube: Any device in which a flow of electrons (or ions) through a gas acts as a source of light.
- constructive dischargeConstructive dismissal
- Townsend dischargeA gas ionization process where free electrons, accelerated by a sufficiently strong electric field, give rise to electrical conduction through a gas by avalanche multiplication caused by the ionization of molecules by ion impact.
- nasal dischargemucus discharged from the nose
- electrostatic dischargeAn electric current, such as a spark, that is triggered when the potential difference exceeds a threshold value.
- streamer dischargeA type of high voltage transient electrical discharge which forms at the surface of a conductive electrode in an insulating medium.
- dishonourable dischargeAlternative spelling of dishonorable discharge: Release from military service because of conduct that is considered reprehensible.
- surface dischargeA partial discharge that appears at the boundary of different insulators when there are changes in the electric field.
- electrical discharge machiningA manufacturing process that uses electricity discharged from an electrode to quickly erode the conductive material that is being cut to a precise shape and size. Several forms exist, with electrodes that are wires, carbon blocks, or …
- partial discharge inception voltageThe lowest voltage where partial discharge starts to occur.
- partial discharge extinction voltageThe highest voltage where partial discharge starts to cease to occur.
Compound words 16
- dischargeableCapable of being discharged (in various senses).
- predischargeBefore a discharge (especially, discharge from a hospital, military service, or other institution).
- dischargeeOne who is discharged.
- dischargementAn instance or act of discharging.
- interdischargeBetween successive discharges
- microdischargeA very small discharge (typically of a plasma)
- overdischargeThe excessive discharge of a battery.
- postdischargeOccurring after discharge (especially, discharge from a hospital, military service, or other institution).
- redischargeTo discharge again.
- dischargestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of discharge