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Saint Elmo's fire [s(ə)nt'elməuz'faɪə]stresses
gen. огни святого Эльма (электрические разряды, предвещающие шторм // St. Elmo's fire—also called witchfire or witch's fire—is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a corona discharge from a rod-like object such as a mast, spire, chimney, or animal horn in an atmospheric electric field. It has also been observed on the leading edges of airplanes, as in the case of British Airways Flight 009 and by US air force pilots. wikipedia.org)
geogr. огни святого Эльма (Saint Elmo's fire, luminosity accompanying brushlike discharges of atmospheric electricity that sometimes appears as a faint light on the extremities of pointed objects such as church towers or the masts of ships during stormy weather, or along electric power lines. It is commonly accompanied by a crackling or hissing noise.); коронный разряд (St. Elmo's fire, or corona discharge, is commonly observed on the periphery of propellers and along the wing tips, windshield, and nose of aircraft flying in dry snow, in ice crystals, or near thunderstorms.)
geol. огни Эльма; свет Мура
nautic. огонь святого Эльма