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corpusant

corpusant is the alternative form of corposant.

Meaning of corposant

Noun

corposant (plural corposants)

  1. An electrical discharge accompanied by a corona of ionization in the surrounding atmosphere
    • I said the corpusants have mercy on us all; and I hope they will, still. But do they only have mercy on long faces?--have they no bowels for a laugh? […] I take that mast-head flame we saw for a sign of good luck; for those masts are rooted in a hold that is going to be chock a' block with...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 498

Forms of corpusant

pluralcorpusants

Questions about corpusant

What is corpusant the alternative form of?
Corpusant is the alternative form of corposant.

Words near corpusant in the dictionary

  1. corpus manager
  2. corpus separatum
  3. corpus spongiosum
  4. corpus striatum
  5. corpus vile
  6. corpusant
  7. corpusants
  8. corpuscle
  9. corpuscles
  10. corpuscular
  11. corpuscularian

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