St. Elmo's fire (later interpretation)

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atmospheric electrical phenomenon luminous phenomenon

St. Elmo's fire (in its later interpretation) is a luminous atmospheric electrical phenomenon, often seen as a blue or violet glow around pointed objects like ship masts or aircraft wings during thunderstorms, historically linked to the star Castor and regarded as an omen by sailors.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Saint Elmo's fire 1
St. Elmo's fire 1
St. Elmo's fire (later interpretation) canonical 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf atmospheric electrical phenomenon ⓘ
luminous phenomenon ⓘ
alsoKnownAs St. Elmo's light NERFINISHED ⓘ
corposant ⓘ
appearsAs luminous glow ⓘ
associatedWith aircraft wing ⓘ
pointed objects ⓘ
sailors' superstition ⓘ
ship mast ⓘ
differentFrom lightning ⓘ
emits hissing sound ⓘ
visible light ⓘ
hasCause atmospheric electricity ⓘ
strong electric field ⓘ
hasColor blue glow ⓘ
violet glow ⓘ
hasEffect corona discharge ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext maritime folklore ⓘ
navigation at sea ⓘ
hasTypicalColor blue ⓘ
violet ⓘ
historicallyRegardedAs omen ⓘ
historicallyRegardedBy sailors ⓘ
isTypeOf corona discharge ⓘ
linkedTo star Castor ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Erasmus of Formia NERFINISHED ⓘ
observedOn aircraft ⓘ
church steeple ⓘ
lightning rod ⓘ
ships ⓘ
occursDuring thunderstorm ⓘ
occursIn Earth atmosphere NERFINISHED ⓘ
occursNear thunderclouds ⓘ
occursWhen electric field exceeds breakdown threshold near sharp object ⓘ
perceivedAs bad omen by some sailors ⓘ
protective sign by some sailors ⓘ
produces plasma ⓘ
relatedTo aurora ⓘ
ball lightning ⓘ
lightning ⓘ
requires high electric field gradient ⓘ
ionization of air molecules ⓘ
studiedIn atmospheric physics ⓘ
electromagnetism ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Castor → associatedPhenomenon → St. Elmo's fire (later interpretation) ⓘ
Pollux → associatedWith → St. Elmo's fire (later interpretation) ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Elmo's fire
Saint Erasmus of Formia → associatedWith → St. Elmo's fire (later interpretation) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Elmo's fire