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What is a Townsend discharge?

What is a Townsend discharge? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A gas ionization process where free electrons, accelerated by a sufficiently strong electric field, give rise to electrical conduction through a gas by avalanche multiplication caused by the ionization of molecules by ion impact.
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