"fulguration" meaning in English

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        "The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface"
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        "(chemistry, obsolete) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface"
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