Timeline for A cloud condenses, compost decomposes, a battery charges, what does a spark do?
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| Mar 18, 2018 at 17:25 | vote | accept | cr0 | ||
| Mar 16, 2018 at 3:51 | answer | added | JessCorgi | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 16, 2018 at 2:20 | comment | added | Nigel J | @Lawrence Done as suggested. | |
| Mar 16, 2018 at 2:17 | answer | added | Nigel J | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 16, 2018 at 2:02 | comment | added | Hot Licks | At the microscopic level there will the an "aura" of sorts before the actual spark. With meteorological lightning this aura can build for several seconds before the actual lightning bolt, but with a more mundane spark it would normally only last a fraction of a second and only be perceptible to someone looking closely. | |
| Mar 16, 2018 at 1:57 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I suppose we have to consider compost as ill-defined, gardener-specific. But it takes time to form and be considered as usable compost. Batteries take time to charge. Clouds can form almost instantaneously (though they often then grow...). // Sparks form / appear. 'Develop' is not really punctive enough. | |
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| Mar 16, 2018 at 1:21 | history | edited | cr0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 16, 2018 at 1:19 | comment | added | cr0 | @EdwinAshworth I get what you mean as compost is a product, but I also think of compost as the intermediary stage which is still forming and becoming more complete through decomposition | |
| Mar 16, 2018 at 1:08 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | 'Compost decomposes' does not refer to a formation (of compost) process. 'Plant matter decomposes to form compost' is perhaps what you mean. | |
| Mar 16, 2018 at 0:33 | comment | added | user888379 | It doesn't have the sense of building, but "discharging" is what comes to mind for me. | |
| Mar 16, 2018 at 0:32 | answer | added | Bread | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 16, 2018 at 0:32 | comment | added | Nigel J | A spark 'ignites'. It is a matter of oxidation (flame) or air excitation (electrical). ' It is impossible for a visible spark to form in a vacuum.' Google. | |
| Mar 16, 2018 at 0:30 | comment | added | Drew | disintegrate? descintillate? | |
| Mar 16, 2018 at 0:22 | comment | added | Hot Licks | Technically, a spark doesn't exist until the breakdown voltage threshold is reached, and then it happens essentially instantaneously. But I suppose "a spark builds" is a reasonable metaphor. | |
| Mar 16, 2018 at 0:19 | comment | added | cr0 | So "a spark charges" is what I'm looking for. Or a spark "builds", "develops", or "forms" probably works too? | |
| Mar 16, 2018 at 0:14 | comment | added | Hot Licks | It sparks. Prior to sparking a charge builds. | |
| Mar 16, 2018 at 0:12 | history | asked | cr0 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |