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sheet lightning

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sheet lightning
n.
Lightning that appears as a broad sheetlike illumination of parts of a thundercloud, caused by the reflection of a lightning flash.
sheet lightning
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) lightning that appears as a broad sheet, caused by the reflection of more distant lightning
sheet lightning  (sht)
A broad, sheetlike illumination of a portion of a thundercloud, caused by an unseen, often internal or reflected lightning flash. See also heat lightning, See more at lightning.
Translations
sheet lightning n → lampeggio diffuso
sheet lightning n → lampeggio diffuso


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Away to the south the sheet lightning was like the flashing of an enormous lantern hidden under the horizon.
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