CHAIN LIGHTNING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like)

Synonyms:

chain lightning; forked lightning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("chain lightning" is a kind of...):

lightning (abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light)

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