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Spark

Spark Meaning & Definition
Spark Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Spark?

[n] brightness and animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"
[n] a momentary flash of light
[n] a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
[n] Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)
[n] electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
[n] a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger; "a spark of interest"; "a spark of decency"
[v] put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
[v] emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Spark: activate | actuate | arc | Dame Muriel Spark | discharge | electric arc | electric discharge | flicker | glint | light | Muriel Sarah Spark | Muriel Spark | set off | spark off | sparkle | sparkle | touch off | trigger | trigger off | trip

Related Terms | Find terms related to Spark:

See Also | aspect | author | brush discharge | come about | corona | corona discharge | corposant | electric glow | electrical conduction | emit | expression | face | facial expression | flash | flashover | fragment | give off | give out | go on | hap | happen | hint | initiate | look | occur | pass | pass off | pioneer | Saint Elmo's fire | Saint Elmo's light | Saint Ulmo's fire | Saint Ulmo's light | St. Elmo's fire | suggestion | take place | trace | verve | vitality | writer

Spark In Webster's Dictionary

\Spark\, v. i. (Elec.) To produce, or give off, sparks, as a dynamo at the commutator when revolving under the collecting brushes.
\Spark\, n. [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark, sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. sprag["e]ti, Gr. ? a bursting with a noise, Skr. sph?rj to crackle, to thunder. Cf. {Speak}.] 1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion. Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. --Job v. 7. 2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle. 3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle. ``If any spark of life be yet remaining.'' --Shak. ``Small intellectual spark.'' --Macaulay. ``Vital spark of heavenly flame.'' --Pope. We have here and there a little clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge. --Locke. Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark. --Wordsworth. {Spark arrester}, a contrivance to prevent the escape of sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called also {spark consumer}. [U.S.]
\Spark\, n. [Icel. sparkr lively, sprightly.] 1. A brisk, showy, gay man. The finest sparks and cleanest beaux. --Prior. 2. A lover; a gallant; a beau.
\Spark\, v. i. To sparkle. [Obs.] --Spenser.
\Spark\, v. i. To play the spark, beau, or lover. A sure sign that his master was courting, or, as it is termed, sparking, within. --W. Irwing.

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