English Explanatory Dictionary

Lichtenberg figure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A branching pattern on the surface of an insulator that has been subject to an electric discharge

Word forms

Lichtenberg figure Lichtenberg figures

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg.

Synonyms

Lichtenberg pattern
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