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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
− | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] sparke, from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] spearca; akin to Middle Dutch sparke spark and perhaps to [[Latin]] spargere to scatter |
− | *Date: before [ | + | *Date: before [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Century 12th century] |
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1 a : a small [[particle]] of a burning substance thrown out by a [[body]] in combustion or remaining when combustion is nearly completed | *1 a : a small [[particle]] of a burning substance thrown out by a [[body]] in combustion or remaining when combustion is nearly completed |
Latest revision as of 02:37, 13 December 2020
Etymology
Middle English sparke, from Old English spearca; akin to Middle Dutch sparke spark and perhaps to Latin spargere to scatter
- Date: before 12th century
Definitions
- 1 a : a small particle of a burning substance thrown out by a body in combustion or remaining when combustion is nearly completed
- 2 a : a luminous disruptive electrical discharge of very short duration between two conductors separated by a gas (as air)
- b : the discharge in a spark plug
- c : the mechanism controlling the discharge in a spark plug
- 3 : sparkle, flash
- 4 : something that sets off a sudden force <provided the spark that helped the team to rally>
- 5 : a latent particle capable of growth or developing : germ <still retains a spark of decency>