forked lightning

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forked lightning

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a zigzag form of lightning Also called chain lightning

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Noun

forked lightning - a form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like)

chain lightning

lightning - abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

Translations

forked lightning

n → Linienblitz m

forked lightning n → (fulmine m a) saetta

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bifurcate biramous branched chain lightning forficate fork-like forked lightning pronged prongy			Of course the forked lightning seemed to pass through him when he first approached her, and he remained conscious throughout the interview of hiding uneasiness; but, good as he was, it must be owned that his uneasiness was less than it would have been if he had thought his rival a brilliant and desirable match. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context Drenched with the pelting rain, confused by the deafening thunder, and bewildered by the glare of the forked lightning, they would have passed a solitary house without being aware of its vicinity, had not a man, who was standing at the door, called lustily to them to enter. The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context The thunder rolled heavily, and the forked lightning seemed to make jagged rents in every part of the vast curtain without, as Riderhood sat by the window, glancing at the bed. Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context			forgotten man Forhall Forhend Forinsecal forint Forisfamiliate Forisfamiliation forjudge fork Fork beam Fork chuck Fork head fork out fork over fork up fork-lift truck fork-like Fork-tailed Fork-tailed flycatcher Fork-tailed gull Fork-tailed kite forkball Forkbeard forked Forked counsel forked lightning Forkerve forkful Forkiness forking Forkless forklift Forktail forky Forlaft Forlay Forleave Forlend Forlese Forlet Forlì Forlie Forlore forlorn forlorn hope forlornly Forlornness Forlye form form bubbles form class			fork up fork up fork up fork, face-bow fork-and-tongue joint Fork-Head Activin Signal Transducer-1 fork-join model Fork-lift truck Fork-lift truck fork-like Fork-Mounted Drum Lifters Fork-tailed Fork-tailed Flycatcher Fork-tailed gull Fork-tailed kite Fork/Join Queueing Networks Fork/Spoon forkball forkballer forkballs Forkbeard Forkbomb forked forked forked forked forked Forked counsel Forked Deer Regional Library Center Forked Frontalis Muscle Aponeurosis forked lightning forked out forked out forked out forked out Forked River Assembly Area Forked River Mountain Coalition Forked River State Marina Forked Run State Park Forked tongue forked up forked up forked up forked up forked version forked version forker forker forker forker forker Forkerve forkful forkful forkful forkful forkful forkfuls forkfuls forkfuls forkfuls

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