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superlightning

superlightning noun: extremely powerful lightning; a superbolt.

Noun

superlightning (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Extremely powerful lightning; a superbolt.
    • Many of the superlightning phenomena detected by the satellites were produced by winter storms over Japan and the northeast Pacific.1978, Science Update, Gaylord Professional Publications., page 131
    • We've discovered a strange soil chemistry on Mars, well-ordered wind systems on Venus, superlightning bolts, giant auroras, and a thin system of rings at Jupiter, volcanoes in eruption on the Jovian moon lo, and more rings and a whole gaggle of new moons around Saturn.1981, Paranormal Borderlands of Science, Prometheus Books, →ISBN, page 131

Origin of superlightning

From super- + lightning.

Questions about superlightning

What does superlightning mean?
Superlightning means extremely powerful lightning; a superbolt.
What part of speech is superlightning?
Superlightning is a noun.

Words near superlightning in the dictionary

  1. superlibertarian
  2. superlibertarians
  3. superlie
  4. superlies
  5. superlight
  6. superlightning
  7. superlights
  8. superlightweight
  9. superliminal
  10. superliminaries
  11. superliminary

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