discharge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/
ipa: /ˈdɪstʃɑːdʒ/
enpr: dĭschärj'
ipa: /dɪsˈtʃɑɹdʒ/
enpr: dĭs'chärj
ipa: /ˈdɪstʃɑɹdʒ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ
rhymes: -ɪstʃɑː(ɹ)dʒ
Forms: form: discharges
Etymology: From Middle English dischargen, from Old French deschargier (“to unload”), from Late Latin discarricāre (“unload”). By surface analysis, dis- + charge.
Senses: examples: text: care transition after discharge
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The act of expelling or letting go.
The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
examples: text: career transition after discharge
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The act of expelling or letting go.
The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous)
text: a mucopurulent vaginal discharge
text: the cooling tower's discharge
glosses: The material thus released.
examples: text: negligent discharge
synonyms: firing
glosses: The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
synonyms: unloading
glosses: The process of removing the load borne by something.
synonyms: effluence#Noun
glosses: The process of flowing out.
examples: Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous)
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: effluence#Noun
glosses: The process of flowing out.
Pus or exudate or mucus (but in modern usage not exclusively blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to pathological or hormonal changes.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
topics: geography
hydrology
natural-sciences
glosses: The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second).
examples: text: Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come / In yours and my discharge.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: She [the Queen] was assisted in the discharge of her solemn functions by fourteen sacred women, one for each of the altars of Dionysus.
ref: 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 137:
glosses: The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
examples: text: After having granted discharge from liability, the general meeting of shareholders may not demand for the company compensation for matters which it had knowledge of when granting discharge.
topics: law
glosses: Release from liability, as granted to someone having served in a position of trust, such as to the officers and governors of a corporate body.
Derived terms: afterdischarge
blue discharge
constructive discharge
corona discharge
discharge tube
dishonorable discharge
dishonourable discharge
electrical discharge machining
electric discharge
electrostatic discharge
glow discharge
honorable discharge
interdischarge
microdischarge
nasal discharge
partial discharge
partial discharge extinction voltage
partial discharge inception voltage
postdischarge
predischarge
streamer discharge
surface discharge
Townsend discharge
vaginal discharge