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impulse, nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse
the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
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spike
a transient variation in voltage or current
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atmospheric electricity
electrical discharges in the atmosphere
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action potential
the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted
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elves
an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere
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blue jet, jet, reverse lightning
atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward
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lightning
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
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red sprites, sprites
atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)
