flashovers in English
noun
1
a high-voltage electric short circuit made through the air between exposed conductors.
The insulator structure may reduce the occurrence of flashovers to and from the gate lines and emitters when the field emitter device is used in a display.
2
an instance of a fire spreading very rapidly across a gap because of intense heat.
Minutes after they escaped, there was a fire flashover and the whole building went up in flames.
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1. Rollovers, flashovers, and Backdrafts