Meaning of side flash | Babel Free
Definitions
A disruptive electrical discharge between a conductor traversed by an oscillatory current of high frequency (such as lightning) and neighbouring masses of metal, or between different parts of the same conductor.
Examples
“There's the side flash⟳. That's when an animal or person is standing close⟳ to the tree, the tree is hit by lightning, and then the lightning jumps from tree to person or animal. The side flash⟳ usually kills one or a small number⟳ of animals, not large ones like⟳ with ground currents.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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