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lightning | American Dictionary

lightning
noun[ U ]
us/ˈlɑɪt·nɪŋ/

lightningnoun[U] (ELECTRIC FLASH)

a flash of bright light in the sky produced by electricity moving within or between clouds, or between clouds and the ground:
That tree was struck by lightning in a recent thunderstorm.
 lightning bolt(alsobolt of lightning)
A lightning bolt or bolt of lightning is a particular flash of bright light seen in the sky.
lightning
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈlɑɪt·nɪŋ/

lightningadjective[not gradable] (FAST)

very fast:
She moves at lightning speed.

Examples of lightning

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The thunder and lightning storm is a real one coming across from the mainland.
If o lightning impacts on an outcrop with abundant cracks and fractures, the strong currents will cause moisture in the cracks to evaporate instantaneously.
At that time there was no trace of lightning.
The solution adopted in the paper was to lift the domains and introduce a new bottom element (called 'lightning bolt').
Lightning would continue to illuminate, at least in political rhetoric, the foolishness of the people and the experts alike.
Similarly, no steam is generated when lightning strikes water.
From the viewpoint of industrial applications, we may need to suppress such a lightning event.
Lightning and discharges are a wellknown event, but the details have not been fully clarified.
He is a warm and gentle man, but-as you know-his intellect is like lightning.
The leader development from the lightning tower is recorded with a 33-ms resolution.
Then divide this by three to find how far away the lightning is, in kilometres.
The lightning thus impacted late 2002 or early 2003.
The second lightning strike impacted on a mountaintop about 2 km from the first.
His soul alone remained unmoved by the dangers and lightning.
On the one hand, the height of the surrounding mountains make more likely to get hit by lightnings.
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