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    An electric spark is an abrupt electrical discharge that occurs when a sufficiently high electric field creates an ionized, electrically conductive channel...
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    electric spark being generated between the electrodes The distance between the tip of the spark plug and the central electrode is called the "spark plug...
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    limited-production all-electric version, the Chevrolet Spark EV, was released in the U.S. in selected markets in California and Oregon in June 2013. The Spark EV was...
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    was a spark rather than an arc. In the same year Davy publicly demonstrated the effect, before the Royal Society, by transmitting an electric current...
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  • Look up spark in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spark commonly refers to: Spark (fire), a small glowing particle or ember Electric spark, a form of electrical...
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    by a gap usually filled with a gas such as air, designed to allow an electric spark to pass between the conductors. When the potential difference between...
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  • Spark the Electric Jester is a 2017 platform game created by Brazilian developer Felipe Daneluz. The story follows Spark on his journey to stop a mobilizing...
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    to cyan, and which is a representation of the color of lightning, an electric spark, and the color of ionized argon gas; it was originally named after the...
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    A spark-gap transmitter is an obsolete type of radio transmitter which generates radio waves by means of an electric spark. Spark-gap transmitters were...
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    Electrical discharge machining (EDM), also known as spark machining, spark eroding, die sinking, wire burning or wire erosion, is a metal fabrication process...
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    piezoelectric crystal is compressed on pressing a button, generating an electric spark. In naphtha lighters, the liquid is sufficiently volatile, and flammable...
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    enough, they could even get an electric spark to jump,[citation needed] but there is also a claim that no mention of electric sparks appeared until late 17th...
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    mixture. In a spark ignition versions of the internal combustion engine (such as petrol engines), the ignition system creates a spark to ignite the fuel-air...
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    applied. Electric spark Cloud chamber Bubble chamber University of Cambridge Spark Chambers Spark Chamber Project - McGill University "How does a spark chamber...
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    often creating a visible spark associated with the static electricity between the objects. ESD can create spectacular electric sparks (lightning, with...
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  • piezo-electric effect to generate an electric spark that ignites the combustible gas from the stove’s burner. The phenomenon of piezo-electric effect...
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    operated by either a lever, push-button or built into the control knob. An electric spark is usually generated once per turn of the knob or press of the button...
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    air will culminate in an electrical spark or an electric arc that bridges the entire gap. The color of the spark depends upon the gases that make up the...
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  • Court and Spark is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Released in January 1974, it infuses the folk rock style of her...
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    Formula E Gen3 (redirect from Spark Gen3)
    The Formula E Gen3, also known as Spark Gen3 or simply Gen3, is an electric formula race car designed for use in the FIA Formula E Championship. The car...
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    handpiece, directly to the affected area of the body. A continuous electric spark discharge may be drawn between probe and tissue, especially at the highest...
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  • during dielectric breakdown within a long electric spark. When a gas is subjected to high voltage stress, the electric field is often quite non-uniform near...
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  • Spark the Electric Jester 2 (or simply Spark 2) is a 2019 platform game created by Brazilian developer Felipe Daneluz. It is a 3D sequel to Daneluz's previous...
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  • mixture, which is ignited only near the end of the compression stroke by electric spark plugs. Therefore, being able to compress the air/fuel mixture without...
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    Detonator (redirect from Electric detonator)
    when British physician and apothecary William Watson showed that the electric spark of a friction machine could ignite black powder, by way of igniting...
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    Distributor (category Electric power distribution)
    A distributor is an electric and mechanical device used in the ignition system of older spark ignition engines. The distributor's main function is to...
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    polarize X-rays. He had perceived changes in the brightness of an electric spark in a spark gap placed in an X-ray beam which he photographed, and he later...
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    hydrogen-based internal combustion engine and powered the engine by electric spark. In 1808, De Rivaz fitted his invention to a primitive working vehicle...
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  • turning. It might be due to not getting enough air, energy, fuel, or electric spark, fuel starvation, a mechanical failure, or in response to a sudden increase...
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  • light by an electric arc Flashtube – Incoherent light source Lightning – Weather phenomenon involving electrostatic discharge Electric spark – Abrupt electrical...
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