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Noun Concept
Categories: Terrestrial plasmas, Storm, Use mdy dates from April 2014, Electrical breakdown, Articles with short description
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lightning
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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)
Discharge. Wiktionary (translation)
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Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder. Wiktionary
IS A
atmospheric electricity
posyolok
electrical breakdown
electrometeor
meteorological phenomenon
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HAS PART
discharge
PART OF
thunderstorm
HAS KIND
thunderbolt
forked lightning
heat lightning
ball lightning
volcanic lightning
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HAS INSTANCE
ES
Duende
COUNTRY
Russia
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China
Paulys Realenzyklopädie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft
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DIFFERENT FROM
Nino
Barq
HAS EFFECT
thunder
IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF
lightning strike
LOCATED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORIAL ENTITY
Staronaymanskoe rural settlement
MEASUREMENT SCALE
lightning detection
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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lightning
Wikipedia
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lightning
Wikidata
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lightning
Wiktionary
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lightning
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Anvil Crawler, Anvil crawler lightning, Bead lightning, CC lightning, CG lightning, Clear-air lightning, Cloud-to-air lightning, Cloud-to-cloud lightning, Cloud-to-ground lighting, cloud-to-ground lightning, cloud to cloud lightning, Continuous Leader, Continuous leader, Dark leader, dart leader, Different types of lightning, Flash lightning, Fork lightning, Fulgural, Fulminologist, fulminology, Ground-to-cloud lightning, IC lightning, inter-cloud lightning, Intercloud lightning, Intra-cloud lightning, Intracloud lightning, Lightening, lightning discharge, lightning discharges, lightning fire, Lightning prevention, Lightning superbolt, Megaflash, Megalightning, negative CG lightning, Negative cloud-to-ground lightning, negative lightning, Pearl lightning, Positive CG lightning, Positive cloud-to-ground lightning, positive lightning, Positive streamer, return stroke, Ribbon lightning, Rocket lightning, Smooth channel lightning, Spider lightning, Staccato lightning, Staccato Lightning, step leader, Stepped ladder, stepped leader, Storm electricity, Sympathetic lightning, upward lightning, ☇, 🌩, 🌩️

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