sideflash
sideflash is the alternative form of side flash.
Meaning of side flash
Noun
side flash (plural side flashes)
- A disruptive electrical discharge between a conductor traversed by an oscillatory current of high frequency (such as lightning) and neighbouring masses of metal, or between different parts of the same conductor.
- There's the side flash. That's when an animal or person is standing close to the tree, the tree is hit by lightning, and then the lightning jumps from tree to person or animal. The side flash usually kills one or a small number of animals, not large ones like with ground currents.2016 August 29, Angela Chen, quoting John Jensenius, “How exactly did lightning kill 323 reindeer in Norway?”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 29 May 2023
Forms of sideflash
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sideflashes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sideflashes |
| present participle | sideflashing |
| past participle | sideflashed |
| past | sideflashed |
Questions about sideflash
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- Sideflash is the alternative form of side flash.
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