Electric discharge describes any flow of electric charge through a gas, liquid or solid. Electric discharges include:
- Brush discharge
- Dielectric barrier discharge
- Corona discharge
- Electric glow discharge
- Electric arc
- Electrostatic discharge
- Electric discharge in gases
- Leader (spark)
- Partial discharge
- Streamer discharge
- Vacuum arc
- Townsend discharge
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