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lightning
has definitions from the fields of physics,electricity
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[ noun ] (physics,electricity) abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)Even in domains where detailed and predictive understanding is still lacking , but where some explanations are possible , as with lightning and weather and earthquakes , the appropriate kind of human_action has been more adequately indicated . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)Aggie might fly into a closet , shut the door and bury her head in the clothes ; he dared to wait for the lightning . Lightning could strike you blind if you were a sinner ! Lightning might strike the steeples of the other churches ; not of Drew_Church . The great spire shone as if the lightning had polished it . Related terms |
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[ 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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