#electrical_discharge a discharge of electricity
supertype: #discharge the sudden giving off of energy
subtype: #nerve_impulse__nerveimpulse__impulse the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber; "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"
subtype: #action_potential the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted
subtype: #spike.electrical_discharge a transient variation in voltage or current
subtype: #atmospheric_electricity__atmosphericelectricity electrical discharges in the atmosphere
subtype: #elves__elve an acronym for Emissions of Light and Very low frequency perturbations due to Electromagnetic pulse Sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere
subtype: #blue_jets__jets atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward
subtype: #lightning abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
subtype: #forked_lightning__chain_lightning__chainlightning a form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like)
subtype: #bolt_of_lightning__thunderbolt__bolt a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
subtype: #red_sprites__redsprite__sprites__sprite atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)
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