saint elmo's fire

Saint Elmo's fire

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Definitions of saint elmo's fire words

noun saint elmo's fire corona discharge. 1
noun saint elmo's fire (not in technical usage) a luminous region that sometimes appears around church spires, the masts of ships, etc. It is a corona discharge in the air caused by atmospheric electricity 0
noun saint elmo's fire a visible electric discharge (corona) from charged, esp. pointed, objects, as the tips of masts, spires, trees, etc.: seen sometimes during electrical storms 0

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