side flash
/S AY1 D F L AE0 SH/noun
- 1
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.
verb
- 1
(intransitive) Of electricity: to create a side flash.
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