sideflash

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A form of side flash — 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.

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Meanings

nounsideflash (plural sideflashes)

plural sideflashes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of side flash.
verbsideflash (third-person singular simple present sideflashes, present participle sideflashing, simple past and past participle sideflashed)

present singular third person sideflashes · participle present sideflashing · participle past sideflashed · past sideflashed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of side flash.
Cite this entry
APA

sideflash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sideflash

MLA

“sideflash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sideflash. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sideflash,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sideflash.

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