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flashover::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | arc, discharge, electric arc, electric discharge, spark |
Examples of flashover
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A flashover pushes heat and toxic gases throughout the structure that's burning.
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Experts say that when a fire breaks out, a phenomenon called flashover can occur.
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One major change came with the recognition of a phenomenon known as flashover.
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Yet flashover for fun, and for profit, has become the country's favorite act of God.
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These patterns may cease to be created once the transition to flashover has occurred.
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Old mattresses burned so fast they could cause a bedroom to flashover in four minutes.
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The flashover voltage can be more than 50% lower when the insulator is wet.
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Hurst, too, believed that the multiple burning points were the result of a flashover fire.
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The reports stated a flashover was likely responsible for the fire at Willingham's home.
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- An unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator)
- A flashover is the near simultaneous ignition of all combustible material in an enclosed area. When certain materials are heated they undergo thermal decomposition and release flammable gases. ...
- Flashover is a 2007 documentary film concerning the release of John Deacon from prison after he was wrongfully convicted of arson in 2005.
- Arcing or sparking between two or more (isolated) conductors. See thermal sparking.
- A sudden increase in intensity and rate of spread by mass ignition of heated air in front of the fire which had not dispersed because of topography.
- Tendency of electrical Current to travel down the outside of a Spark plug instead of through the center Electrode. It usually occurs when the sparkplug is dirty or oily since electricity finds that to be the path of least resistance.
- The stage of a fire whereby a room or other confined area becomes so heated that the flames flash over and through the vapours being produced by heated combustible contents in the space.
- A disruptive discharge around or over the surface of an insulator.
- A fault on an electrical power line caused by a breach of an insulator by an arc through the air, usually used to describe those triggered by a lightning strike.
