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SHEET LIGHTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sheet lighting mean?
• SHEET LIGHTING (noun)
The noun SHEET LIGHTING has 1 sense:
1. lightning that appears as a broad sheet; due to reflections of more distant lightning and to diffusion by the clouds
Familiarity information: SHEET LIGHTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lightning that appears as a broad sheet; due to reflections of more distant lightning and to diffusion by the clouds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("sheet lighting" is a kind of...):
lightning (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)
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