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lightning conductor

lightning conductor noun: 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.

Noun

lightning conductor (plural lightning conductors)

  1. (UK) 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.
    Synonyms:
    lightning rod

lightning conductor meaning in Hindi and Tamil

lightning conductor in Hindi

lightning conductor, paratonnerre
तड़ित चालक taṛit cālak

lightning conductor in Tamil

இடிதாங்கி, மின்கடத்தி, இடி தாங்கி, மின்னற்கடத்தி, மின்னற் கடத்தி

Synonyms of lightning conductor

Forms of lightning conductor

plurallightning conductors

Questions about lightning conductor

What does lightning conductor mean?
Lightning conductor means 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.
What is lightning conductor in Hindi?
Lightning conductor in Hindi is तड़ित चालक (taṛit cālak). See Lightning conductor meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lightning conductor?
Lightning conductor is a noun.
What is the plural of lightning conductor?
The plural of lightning conductor is lightning conductors.

Words near lightning conductor in the dictionary

  1. lightning bug
  2. lightning bugs
  3. lightning carrier
  4. lightning carriers
  5. lightning chess
  6. lightning conductor
  7. lightning conductors
  8. lightning crotch
  9. lightning detector
  10. lightning detectors
  11. lightning discharger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lightning conductor (page history and authors); तड़ित चालक (Hindi) (page history and authors); lightning conductor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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