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Discharge<\/strong> (noun or verb, \u201cDIS-charge\u201d)<\/h2>\n

Discharge is the release of something, matter or energy. The word can refer to the stuff being emitted. Or it can describe the action of something\u2019s release.<\/p>\n

Many forms of discharge exist. In biology, discharge might refer to blood or pus leaking from a wound. Or sweat leaking from a person\u2019s pores<\/a>. In ecology, discharge may refer to a sewage treatment plant releasing clean water into a river.<\/p>\n

In physics, discharge may describe the release of materials \u2014 like pressurized gas blasting out of a container. But physicists also use the word discharge to describe a release of energy. Lightning is one example. It occurs when electric charges build up in the atmosphere<\/a> and cause a sudden discharge of electricity.<\/p>\n

In a sentence<\/h2>\n

Scientist have detected the discharge of \u201cmini-lightning<\/a>\u201d in the thin Martian atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Check out the full list of\u00a0Scientists Say<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: Science News Explores<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In physics, this release of energy can rebalance electrical charges. In biology, such a release might cool you down on a hot day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15094776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15094774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat.png",800,450,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat-300x169.png",300,169,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat-620x349.png",620,349,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat-768x432.png",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat.png",800,450,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat.png",800,450,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat.png",800,450,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat.png",800,450,false],"ignition_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat-670x446.png",670,446,true],"ignition_item_lg":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat.png",800,450,false],"ignition_article_media":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat-510x450.png",510,450,true],"ignition_minicart_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat-160x160.png",160,160,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat.png",24,14,false],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat.png",48,27,false],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat.png",96,54,false],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat.png",150,84,false],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15094774-1440_ss_discharge_feat.png",300,169,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"atombo","author_link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/author\/atombo\/"},"category_info":"Science<\/a>","tag_info":"Science","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15094774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15094774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15094774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15094775,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15094774\/revisions\/15094775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15094776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15094774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15094774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15094774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}