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The definition of discharge
21 Definitions of: discharge
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- verb, to release or allow to go
- verb, to dismiss from or relieve of duty, office, employment, etc
- verb, to fire or be fired, as a gun
- verb, to pour forth or cause to pour forth
- verb, to remove (the cargo) from (a boat, etc); unload
- verb, to perform (the duties of) or meet (the demands of an office, obligation, etc)
- verb, to relieve oneself of (a responsibility, debt, etc)
- verb, physics a) to lose or remove electric charge b) to form an arc, spark, or corona in a gas c) to take or supply electrical current from a cell or battery
- verb, law to release (a prisoner from custody, etc)
- verb, to remove dye from (a fabric), as by bleaching
- verb, (of a dye or colour) to blur or run
- verb, architect a) to spread (weight) evenly over a supporting member b) to relieve a member of (excess weight) by distribution of pressure
- noun, a person or thing that is discharged
- noun, a) dismissal or release from an office, job, institution, etc b) the document certifying such release
- noun, the fulfilment of an obligation or release from a responsibility or liability
- noun, the act of removing a load, as of cargo
- noun, a pouring forth of a fluid; emission
- noun, a) the act of firing a projectile b) the volley, bullet, missile, etc, fired
- noun, law a) a release, as of a person held under legal restraint b) an annulment, as of a court order
- noun, physics a) the act or process of removing or losing charge or of equalizing a potential difference b) a transient or continuous conduction of electricity through a gas by the formation and movement of electrons and ions in an applied electric field
- noun, a) the volume of fluid flowing along a pipe or a channel in unit time b) the output rate of a plant or piece of machinery, such as a pump
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| Synonyms: | achievement, flow, perform, honour, release, performance, fulfil, liberation, clearance, pardon | And more... |
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