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brush discharge, corona, corona discharge, corposant, electric glow, saint elmo's fire, saint elmo's light, saint ulmo's fire, saint ulmo's light, st. elmo's fire

breaker point, coil, coruscation, distributer, distributor, distributor cam, distributor cap, distributor point, electrical distributor, flintlock, glitter, gunflint, ignition coil, magneto, magnetoelectric machine, plug, point, scintillation, sparking plug, sparkle, sparkling, sparkplug wrench, spark plug, spark transmitter, twinkle

electrical conduction, emit, fragment, give off, give out, hawk, suggestion, trace, verve, vitality

activate, actuate, discharge, electric arc, electric discharge, glint, light, set off, spark off, touch off, trigger off, trip