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Noun: flashover  'flash,ow-vu(r)
  1. An unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator)
     
  2. Stage in an enclosed fire when the temperature becomes high enough to involve the entire combustible contents of the room

Derived forms: flashovers

Type of: arc, discharge, electric arc, electric discharge, spark

Encyclopedia: Flashover

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