Definitions for st. elmo's fire
ˈɛl moʊzst. elmo's fire

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 glownoun

   an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere

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1. St. Elmo's fire

   St. Elmo's fire — also called Witchfire or Witch's Fire — is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a corona discharge from a rod-like object such as a mast, spire, chimney, or animal horn in an atmospheric electric field. It has also been observed on the leading edges of airplanes, as in the case of British Airways Flight 009. The intensity of the effect, a blue or violet glow around the object, often accompanied by a hissing or buzzing sound, is proportional to the strength of the electric field and therefore noticeable primarily during thunderstorms or volcanic eruptions. St. Elmo's fire is named after St. Erasmus of Formia (also known as St. Elmo), the patron saint of sailors. The phenomenon, which can warn of an imminent lightning strike, was regarded by sailors with awe and sometimes considered to be a good omen.

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1. st. elmo's fire

   St. Elmo's Fire is a weather phenomenon involving a bright blue or violet glow, appearing like fire in some circumstances, from tall, sharply pointed structures such as lightning rods, masts, spires and chimneys, and on aircraft wings or nose cones. It is caused by the ionization of the air during thunderstorms or other atmospheric electrical phenomena. This effect is named after St. Erasmus of Formia (also known as St. Elmo), the patron saint of sailors.

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1. St. Elmo's fire

   St. Elmo's fire is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a coronal discharge from a sharp or pointed object in a strong electric field in the atmosphere. St. Elmo's fire is named after St. Erasmus of Formia, the patron saint of sailors. The phenomenon sometimes appeared on ships at sea during thunderstorms and was regarded by sailors with religious awe for its glowing ball of light, accounting for the name. Because it is a sign of electricity in the air, which can interfere with compass readings, some sailors may have regarded it as an omen of bad luck and stormy weather. Other references indicate that sailors may have actually considered St. Elmo's fire as a good omen.

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1. St. Elmo's Fire

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1. St. Elmo's Fire

   Luminous static discharge effects sometimes seen on objects elevated in the air. They are especially noticed on ships' masts. The sailors term them corpusants (holy bodies). They resemble tongues or globes of fire.

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1. St. Elmo's fire

   St. Elmo's fire (also St. Elmo's light) is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a coronal discharge from a sharp or pointed object in a strong electric field in the atmosphere (such as those generated by thunderstorms or created by a volcanic eruption).

   
   

   Submitted by JP03 on April 16, 2015  

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
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3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
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5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#StElmo'SFire
6. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
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