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chain lightning

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chain lightning
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(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) another name for forked lightning
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Noun1.chain lightningchain lightning - a form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like)
forked lightning
lightning - abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light


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