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n. - An electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere.

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  • The next year, Samir hit the word corposant, which refers to an electrical phenomenon.
  • The next year, Samir hit the word corposant which refers to an electrical phenomenon and he shocked the crowd by finishing 27th.
  • The mariners believed them to be the souls of the departed, whence they are also called corposant (corpo santo).
  • It was a bronze statue, Greek or Roman, of a torchbearer whose branch flared with sudden cold corposant fire.
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