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11lightning — /luyt ning/, n., v., lightninged, lightning, adj. n. 1. a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground. v.i. 2. to emit a flash or flashes of lightning… …
12Lightning protection system — A lightning protection system is a system that protects a structure from damage due to lightning strikes, either through safely conducting the strike to the ground, or preventing the structure from being struck. Most lightning protection systems… …
13stroke — stroke1 /strohk/, n., v., stroked, stroking. n. 1. the act or an instance of striking, as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; a blow. 2. a hitting of or upon anything. 3. a striking of a clapper or hammer, as on a bell. 4. the sound produced by …
14stroke — 1. Any acute clinical event, related to impairment of cerebral circulation, that lasts more than 24 hours. SYN: apoplexy, brain attack. 2. A harmful discharge of lightning, particularly one that affects a human being. 3. A pulsation. 4. To pass… …
15lightning — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of lightenen to lighten Date: 13th century 1. the flashing of light produced by a discharge of atmospheric electricity; also the discharge itself 2. a sudden stroke of fortune II. adjective Date:… …
16lightning — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. thunderbolt, levin, fire bolt, fulmination. See velocity, light. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. electrical discharge, fulmination, streak of lightning, lightning flash, thunderball, thunderstroke, firebolt,… …
17lightning — n 1. thunderbolt, bolt, thunderbolt of Jove, flash or stroke or heat lightning, sheet lightning, chain lightning, fork or forked lightning, fireball; northern lights, polar lights, aurora borealis, aurora polaris. adj 2. fulgurant, flashing,… …
18lightning stroke — loss of consciousness and shock with burns, frequently fatal, caused by lightning …
19thun|der|stroke — «THUHN duhr STROHK», noun. a stroke of lightning …
20List of lightning rod patents — Below is a list of lightning rod patents (or lightning protector patents). These lightning rod patents describe devices that are part of lightning safety to protect tall or isolated structures (such as the roof of a building or the mast of a… …
