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Electric arc
An electric arc is an electrical breakdown of a gas which produces an ongoing plasma discharge, similar to the instant spark, resulting from a current flowing through normally nonconductive media such as air. An archaic term is voltaic arc as used in the phrase "voltaic arc lamp".
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