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View synonyms for sheet lightning

sheet lightning

noun

  1. lightning appearing merely as a general illumination over a broad area, usually because the path of the flash is obscured by clouds.


sheet lightning

noun

  1. lightning that appears as a broad sheet, caused by the reflection of more distant lightning
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


sheet lightning

/ shēt /

  1. A broad, sheetlike illumination of a portion of a thundercloud, caused by an unseen, often internal or reflected lightning flash.
  2. See also heat lightningSee more at lightning


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sheet lightning1

First recorded in 1820–30

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