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lightin'

lightin' is the pronunciation spelling of lighting.

Meaning of lighting

Noun

lighting (countable and uncountable, plural lightings)

  1. The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
    • The acetylene gas lighting in the station offices and platforms at Kyle of Lochalsh recently has been replaced by electric lighting.1951 April, “Notes and News: Improvements at Kyle of Lochalsh”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 281
  2. The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.
    • We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?2012, Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense, page 142
  3. (dated) The process of annealing metals.

Questions about lightin'

What is lightin' the pronunciation spelling of?
Lightin' is the pronunciation spelling of lighting.

Words near lightin' in the dictionary

  1. lighthouseman
  2. lighthousemen
  3. lighthouses
  4. lightie
  5. lighties
  6. lightin'
  7. lighting
  8. lighting a fire under
  9. lighting along
  10. lighting down
  11. lighting engineer

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