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огни святого Эльмаstresses
gen. Saint Elmo's fire (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); Castor and Pollux (свечение на концах мачт); Castor; corposant; corpusants (moevot)
el. St. Elmo's fire (разновидность коронного разряда)
geogr. Saint Elmo's fire (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.); corona discharge
Makarov. St. Elm's fire (разновидность разряда в газах)
meteorol. St Elmo's fire
nautic. corposant (свечение на концах мачт); Elmo's fire (слабое свечение на острых концах антенн, рангоутах, на остеклении кабин во время грозы или при её приближении в летнее время)
navig. Saint Elmo's fire
phys. St. Elm's fire
огонь Святого Эльма
fish.farm. St. Elmo's fire (dimock)
insur. St Elmos Fire
огонь святого Эльма
nautic. Saint Elmo's fire