English to Samoan Meaning of corposant - corposant

Corposant :

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Definitions of corposant in English

Noun(1) an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere

Examples of corposant in English

(1) Everybody knows nowadays that a corposant is nothing whatever but an electrical phenomenon, and therefore merely an indication that the atmosphere is surcharged with electricity.(2) Castor and Pollux were also the names given by Roman sailors to St. Elmo's Fire, or the corposant phenomenon, when the flame effect on the mast of a ship appeared double.(3) The most stunning demonstration of its unearthly spell occurs late in Pequod's ill-fated voyage, when the ship is illuminated by an eerie outburst of corposants in the midst of a violent squall.(4) Seeing St. Elmo's Fire, jolly Stubb changed to pleading Stubb: ‘The corposants have mercy on us all!’(5) During a typhoon in the Sea of Japan, the ship is torn of her canvas and the masts come aglow with the corposants , St Elmo's Fire, a source of deep superstition to sailors, who believed them to be a portentious omen, ‘God's burning finger… laid upon the ship’.

(1) the corporation ::

le faalapotopotoga

(2) public corporation ::

faalapotopotoga a le Malo

(3) municipal corporation ::

faalapotopotoga municipal

(4) corporation tax ::

lafoga faalapotopotoga

(5) dummy corporation ::

faalapotopotoga dummy

Synonyms

Noun

1. corona ::

corona

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