"flash over" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: flashes over [present, singular, third-person], flashing over [participle, present], flashed over [participle, past], flashed over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} flash over (third-person singular simple present flashes over, present participle flashing over, simple past and past participle flashed over)
  1. To undergo flashing (ignition) throughout a space all at once.
    Sense id: en-flash_over-en-verb-flgDEEab
  2. To undergo an unintended electric discharge or arc over or around an insulator. Categories (topical): Firefighting Derived forms: flashover [noun]
    Sense id: en-flash_over-en-verb-j2OcscfW Disambiguation of Firefighting: 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (over), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 70 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (over): 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 72

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for flash over meaning in English (2.1kB)

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