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Noun Concept

Categories: Inventions by Benjamin Franklin, Safety equipment, Electrical safety, Electrodes, Roofs

lightning rod lightning conductor Early streamer emission Electrical charge dissipator Franklin rod

A metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning WordNet 3.0

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A metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A lightning rod or lightning conductor is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike. Wikipedia

Metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Metal rod or metallic object to protect from lightning Wikidata

A metallic device that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning. OmegaWiki

A metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground and protects the building from damage by lightning. Wiktionary

A metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground to protect the building from damage by lightning. Wiktionary

IS A

conductor

lightning protection

protective device

HAS KIND

meteorological machine

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

Sytin Military Encyclopedia

DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR

Franklin