corposant"Same as corona discharge.
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CORPOSANT A luminous, sporadic, and often audible, electric discharge. It occurs from objects, especially pointed ones, when the electrical field strength near their surfaces attains a value near 1000 volts per centimeter.
corposant—See St. Elmo's Fire.
corrected altitude (approximation of true altitude)—See altitude.
Also known as corposant or corona discharge. SALINITY A measure of the quantity of dissolved salts in sea water. The total amount of dissolved solids in sea water in parts per thousand by weight.
 See also: Storm, Surface, Thunder, Scattered, Report
  
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