LIGHTNING
\lˈa͡ɪtnɪŋ], \lˈaɪtnɪŋ], \l_ˈaɪ_t_n_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of LIGHTNING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more
By Princeton University
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the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.
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The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.
By Oddity Software
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A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.
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The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light;— abatement; alleviation; mitigation,
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