Meaning of corposant | Babel Free

Definitions

An electrical discharge accompanied by a corona of ionization in the surrounding atmosphere

Examples

“I said the corpusants have⟳ mercy on us all; and I hope⟳ they will, still. But do they only have⟳ mercy on long faces?--have⟳ they no bowels for a laugh⟳? […] I take⟳ that mast-head flame we saw⟳ for a sign⟳ of good luck; for those masts are rooted in a hold⟳ that is going to be chock a' block⟳ with sperm-oil, d'ye see⟳; and so, all that sperm will work⟳ up into the masts, like⟳ sap in a tree. Yes, our three masts will yet be as three spermaceti candles--that's the good promise⟳ we saw⟳.”

“If there was a sharp point⟳ nearby, electricity would stream from it in a luminous brush, a little corposant, and one could blow⟳ out candles with the outstreaming “electric wind,” or even get⟳ this to turn⟳ a little rotor on its pivot.”

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