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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] sparke, from [http://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 [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Century 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
:b : a hot glowing particle struck from a larger [[mass]]; especially : one heated by [[friction]]
*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>
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] sparke, from [http://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 [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Century 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
:b : a hot glowing particle struck from a larger [[mass]]; especially : one heated by [[friction]]
*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>
[[Category: General Reference]]
