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bead lightning

bead lightning noun: a relatively rare form of cloud-to-ground lightning which appears to break up into a string of short, bright sections, and lasts longer than the usual discharge channel.

Noun

bead lightning (uncountable)

  1. A relatively rare form of cloud-to-ground lightning which appears to break up into a string of short, bright sections, and lasts longer than the usual discharge channel.

Questions about bead lightning

What does bead lightning mean?
Bead lightning means a relatively rare form of cloud-to-ground lightning which appears to break up into a string of short, bright sections, and lasts longer than the usual discharge channel.
What part of speech is bead lightning?
Bead lightning is a noun.

Words near bead lightning in the dictionary

  1. bead
  2. bead breaker
  3. bead breakers
  4. bead fern
  5. bead ferns
  6. bead lightning
  7. bead lilies
  8. bead lily
  9. bead maze
  10. bead mazes
  11. bead proof

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