Defn: A spectro-electric tube in which the decomposition of a liquid by the passage of an electric spark is observed. Knight.
FULGURATE Ful"gu*rate, v. i. Etym: [L. fulguratus, p. p. of fulgurare to flash, fr. fulgur lightning, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent.]
Defn: To flash as lightning. [R.]
FULGURATING
Ful"gu*ra`ting, a. (Med.)
Defn: Resembling lightning; — used to describe intense lancinating painsaccompanying locomotor ataxy.
FULGURATION
Ful"gu*ra`tion, n. Etym: [L. fulguratio: cf. F. fulguration.]
1. The act of lightening. [R.] Donne.
2. (Assaying)
Defn: 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;
— also called blick.
A phenomenon called, by the old chemists, fulguration. Ure.
FULGURITE Ful"gu*rite, n. Etym: [L. fulguritus, p. p. of fulgurire to strike with lightning, fr. fulgur lightning: cf. F. fulgurite.]