Look up: flashover

1. Flashover
   [film] ==Story== March 27, 2004 an apartment building in Brockton, MA caught on fire resulting in two injured persons and hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages. A stove in one of the apartments malfunctioned and fed gas back into the ventilation system. The gas poured into the entire r...
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2. flashover
   [n] - an unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator)
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3. Flashover
   An arc discharge through air around or over the surface of insulating materials, between parts at different potential or voltage. See Arc discharge
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4. flashover
   an arc by-passing an insulating body Category: Physics • a disruptive discharge external to the insulator,and over its surface,connecting those parts which normally have the operating voltage between them Category: Electrical engineering and energy • The sudden explosive blaz...
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5. Flashover
   An unintended electrical discharge to ground or another phase. Flashovers can occur between two conductors, across insulators to ground or equipment bushings to ground.
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6. Flashover
   A flashover is the near-simultaneous ignition of most of the directly exposed combustible material in an enclosed area. When certain organic materials are heated they undergo thermal decomposition and release flammable gases. Flashover occurs when the majority of the exposed surfaces in a space are...
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7. flashover
   a breakdown between electrodes in a gas or a liquid or in vacuum, at least partly along the surface of solid insulation
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8. flashover
   disruptive discharge external to the insulator, and over its surface, connecting those parts which normally have the operating voltage between them
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9. flashover
   a short-circuit caused by arcing between brushes or brush-holders at the surface of the commutator of an electrical machine or from any of these parts to the frame
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10. Flashover
    simultaneous ignition of combustible materials in a closed space, as when materials simultaneously reach their fire point; may also result in rollover.
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