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Definition of Chain lightning
1. Noun. A form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chain Lightning
Literary usage of Chain lightning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"In the Western States of America, what is known as forked lightning in England,
is called CHAIN-LIGHTNING, from its forming a sequence of zig-zags. 1871. ..."
2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"In the Western States of America, what is known as forked lightning in England,
is called CHAIN-LIGHTNING, from its forming a sequence of zig-zags. 1871. ..."
3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"In the Western States of America, what is known as forked lightning in England,
is called CHAIN-LIGHTNING, from its forming a sequence of zig-zags. 1871. ..."
4. The American Antiquarian by Stephen Denison Peet (1878)
"And now comes the question whether the cross does not also refer to the chain
lightning. In Norse mythology, Thor's hammer, the celebrated M joiner, ..."
5. The American Antiquarian by Stephen Denison Peet (1878)
"And now comes the question whether the cross does not also refer to the chain
lightning. In Norse mythology, Thor's hammer, the celebrated M joiner, ..."
6. The American Antiquarian by Stephen Denison Peet (1878)
"And now comes the question whether the cross does not also refer to the chain
lightning. In Norse mythology, Thor's hammer, the celebrated M joiner, ..."
7. Principles of Physics, Or Natural Philosophy: Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1871)
"zigzag or chain lightning, sheet lightning, and ball lightning. ... Zigzag or
chain lightning is supposed to owe its form to the resistance of the air ..."
8. Principles of Physics, Or Natural Philosophy: Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1871)
"zigzag or chain lightning, sheet lightning, and ball lightning. ... Zigzag or
chain lightning is supposed to owe its form to the resistance of the air ..."
9. Principles of Physics, Or Natural Philosophy: Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1871)
"zigzag or chain lightning, sheet lightning, and ball lightning. ... Zigzag or
chain lightning is supposed to owe its form to the resistance of the air ..."
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