What is the meaning of lightning?

noun

  • Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light.
  • 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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