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lightning

/'laɪtnɪŋ/

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noun
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
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type of:
atmospheric electricity
noun
the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more
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type of:
flash

Definition that contains lightning

sheet lighting lightning that appears as a broad sheet; due to reflections of more distant lightning and to diffusion by the clouds