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CHAIN LIGHTNING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chain lightning mean?
• CHAIN LIGHTNING (noun)
The noun CHAIN LIGHTNING has 1 sense:
1. a form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like)
Familiarity information: CHAIN LIGHTNING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
chain lightning; forked lightning
Hypernyms ("chain lightning" is a kind of...):
lightning (abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light)
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