discharge firing firing off | the act of discharging a gun |
release waiver discharge | a formal written statement of relinquishment |
dismissal dismission discharge firing liberation release sack sacking | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
honorable discharge | a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record |
dishonorable discharge | a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder) |
electrical work | the craft of an electrician |
electrotherapy galvanism electric healing electrical healing | the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) |
electric shock electrical shock shock | a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body, subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response, electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks |
galvanic skin response GSR psychogalvanic response electrodermal response electrical skin response Fere phenomenon Tarchanoff phenomenon | a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety, can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body |
discharge venting | the act of venting |
capacitor capacitance condenser electrical condenser | an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge |
circuit electrical circuit electric circuit | an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
discharge lamp | a lamp that generates light by a discharge between two electrodes in a gas |
discharge pipe | a pipe through which fluids can be discharged |
distributor distributer electrical distributor | electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence |
electrical cable | a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations |
electrical contact | contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another |
electrical converter | converter that converts alternating current into direct current or vice versa |
electrical device | a device that produces or is powered by electricity |
electrical system | equipment in a motor vehicle that provides electricity to start the engine and ignite the fuel and operate the lights and windshield wiper and heater and air conditioner and radio |
electrical system electrical plant | utility that provides electricity |
electric-discharge lamp gas-discharge lamp | an electric lamp in which the light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes in a glass tube |
fuse electrical fuse safety fuse | an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded |
gas-discharge tube | a tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas |
relay electrical relay | electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit |
shunt electrical shunt bypass | a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current |
switch electric switch electrical switch | control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit |
wall socket wall plug electric outlet electrical outlet outlet electric receptacle | receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices |
electrical engineering EE | the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication |
discharge | the sudden giving off of energy |
electrical discharge | a discharge of electricity |
discharge outpouring run | the pouring forth of a fluid |
electrical engineer | a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity |
brush discharge | discharge between electrodes creating visible streamers of ionized particles |
capacitance electrical capacity capacity | an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored |
elastance electrical elastance | the reciprocal of capacitance |
corona discharge corona corposant St. Elmo's fire Saint Elmo's fire Saint Elmo's light Saint Ulmo's fire Saint Ulmo's light electric glow | an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere |
electrical phenomenon | a physical phenomenon involving electricity |
electrical power electric power wattage | the product of voltage and current |
electricity electrical energy | energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor, they built a car that runs on electricity |
electrical line of force | a line of force in an electrical field |
electric resistance electrical resistance impedance resistance resistivity ohmic resistance | a material's opposition to the flow of electric current, measured in ohms |
discharge spark arc electric arc electric discharge | electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field |
electrical conduction | the passage of electricity through a conductor |
electrical disturbance | electrical signals produced by unwanted sources (atmospherics or receiver noise or unwanted transmitters) |
thunderstorm electrical storm electric storm | a storm resulting from strong rising air currents, heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning |
discharge emission expelling | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body, the discharge of pus |
discharge emission | a substance that is emitted or released |
vaginal discharge | discharge of secretions from the cervical glands of the vagina, normally clear or white |
exhaust discharge expel eject release | eliminate (a substance), combustion products are exhausted in the engine, the plant releases a gas |