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Noun Concept
Categories: Atmospheric electricity, Weather hazards, Terrestrial plasmas, Lightning, Use mdy dates from April 2014
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lightning  Continuous leader  Staccato Lightning  Stepped ladder  stepped leader
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Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light WordNet 3.0
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Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Lightning is a natural phenomenon formed by electrostatic discharges through the atmosphere between two electrically charged regions, either both in the atmosphere or with one in the atmosphere and on the ground, temporarily neutralizing these in a near-instantaneous release of an average of one gigajoule of energy. Wikipedia
Atmospheric discharge of electricity. Wikipedia Disambiguation
weather phenomenon involving electrostatic discharge Wikidata
human settlement in Bolshebereznikovsky District, Republic of Mordovia, Russia Wikidata
A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth. Wiktionary
Flash of light. Wiktionary (translation)
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Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder. Wiktionary