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CHAIN LIGHTNING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like)
Synonyms:
chain lightning; forked lightning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("chain lightning" is a kind of...):
lightning (abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light)