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Definition of Flashovers
1. flashover [n] - See also: flashover
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flashovers
Literary usage of Flashovers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1911)
"Mr. Mershon promises an insulator which will relish the direct stroke, and
Professor Creighton tells us how to get rid of flashovers on one wire at a time ..."
2. Transactions by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1921)
"The records taken from these higher voltage lines show insulator flashovers which,
while not making operation unsuccessful, yet have been frequent enough to ..."
3. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1910)
"... tabulated on page 261, 17 were complete flashovers to the pin, and consequently
the entire insulation of the line was developed. ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1920)
"One of the principal points which I desire to leave with you is that operating
companies need have little concern in the future about flashovers from ..."
5. Hydro-electric Power by Lamar Lyndon (1916)
"(6) The insulators in groups shall be subjected to a voltage in excess of the
flashover voltage so that a continuous succession of flashovers exists, ..."
6. American Hydroelectric Practice: A Compilation of Useful Data and by William Thomas Taylor, Daniel Harvey Braymer (1917)
"Different Paths Taken by Lightning flashovers change in the location of the arc
resulted in two distinct gains. In the first place, the arc did not have ..."
7. Direct-current Motor and Generator Troubles: Operation and Repair by Theodore S. Gandy, Elmer C. Schacht (1920)
"The causes for a rough commutator surface are high or low bars, high mica, improper
commutator seasoning, metal beads on the surface formed by flashovers, ..."
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