SHEET LIGHTING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lightning that appears as a broad sheet; due to reflections of more distant lightning and to diffusion by the clouds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("sheet lighting" is a kind of...):

lightning (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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