BALL LIGHTNING

Meaning of BALL LIGHTNING in English

noun

: an extremely rare form of lightning consisting of highly luminous balls that move with moderate speed and usually disappear without an explosion

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

BALL LIGHTNING — noun Date: 1857 a rare form of lightning consisting of luminous balls that may move along solid objects or float …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BALL LIGHTNING — a rare form of lightning, consisting of a bright, luminous ball that moves rapidly along objects or floats in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BALL LIGHTNING — Date: 1857 : a rare form of lightning consisting of luminous balls that may move along solid objects or float …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BALL LIGHTNING — Function: noun Date: 1857 : a rare form of lightning consisting of luminous balls that may move along solid objects …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BALL LIGHTNING — ■ noun a rare form of lightning in the shape of a moving luminous globe.
Concise Oxford English vocab
BALL LIGHTNING — [ball lightning] n (1857): a rare form of lightning consisting of luminous balls that may move along solid objects or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BALL LIGHTNING — also called globe lightning aerial phenomenon that occurs as a moving luminous sphere several inches in diameter. It usually occurs …
Britannica English vocabulary
BALL LIGHTNING — A relatively rare form of lightning consisting of a luminous ball, often reddish in color, which moves rapidly along solid …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
BALL LIGHTNING — шаровая молния шаровая молния
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BALL LIGHTNING — Шаровая молния
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BALL LIGHTNING — шаровая молния
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BALL LIGHTNING — шаровая молния
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BALL LIGHTNING — шаровая молния
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BALL LIGHTNING — шаровая молния
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BALL LIGHTNING — шаровая молния
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BALL LIGHTNING — шаровая молния
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BALL LIGHTNING — шаровая молния
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BALL LIGHTNING — шаровая молния
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BALL LIGHTNING — шаровая молния
Англо-Русский физический словарь
BALL LIGHTNING — шаровая молния
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
BALL LIGHTNING — шаровая молния
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
BALL LIGHTNING — шаровая молния
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
BALL LIGHTNING — шаровая молния шаровая молния
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTNING — Visible discharge of electricity when part of the atmosphere acquires enough electrical charge to overcome the resistance of the air. …
Английский словарь Британика
LIGHTNING — I. ˈlītniŋ, -nēŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English lightning, lightening, from gerund of lihtenen, lightenen to lighten — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BALL — I. ˈbȯl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bal, from Old Norse böllr akin to Old English bealluc testis, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — /luyt"ning/ , n. , v. , lightninged, lightning , adj. n. 1. a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BALL — ball 1 — baller , n. /bawl/ , n. 1. a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — I. ˈlīt-niŋ noun Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of lightenen to lighten Date: 13th century 1. : the flashing of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BALL — noun the globe or earth. 2. ball ·noun a social assembly for the purpose of dancing. 3. ball ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
LIGHTNING — [light.ning] n [ME, fr. gerund of lightenen to lighten] (13c) 1: the flashing of light produced by a discharge of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BALL — [ball] n, often attrib [ME bal, fr. ON bollr; akin to OE bealluc testis, OHG balla ball, OE blawan to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIGHTNING — the visible discharge of atmospheric electricity that occurs when a region of the atmosphere acquires an electrical charge, or potential …
Britannica English vocabulary
BALL — spherical or ovoid object for throwing, hitting, or kicking in various sports and games. The ball is mentioned in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
LIGHTNING — lightning BrE AmE ˈlaɪt nɪŋ ▶ ˈ lightning bug BrE AmE ▶ ˈ lightning con ˌ ductor BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — / ˈlaɪtnɪŋ; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun [ U ] a flash, or several flashes, of very bright …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BALL
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — I. light ‧ ning 1 /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: lighten 'to become less dark' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BALL
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIGHTNING — n. & adj. --n. a flash of bright light produced by an electric discharge between clouds or between clouds and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BALL — n. & v. --n. 1 a solid or hollow sphere, esp. for use in a game. 2 a a ball-shaped …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIGHTNING — n. & adj. n. a flash of bright light produced by an electric discharge between clouds or between clouds and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BALL — n. & v. n. 1 a solid or hollow sphere, esp. for use in a game. 2 a a ball-shaped …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — n. & adj. --n. a flash of bright light produced by an electric discharge between clouds or between clouds and …
Oxford English vocab
BALL — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a solid or hollow sphere, esp. for use in a game. 2 a a …
Oxford English vocab
LIGHTNING — 1. Lightning is the very bright flashes of light in the sky that happen during thunderstorms. One man died when …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BALL — ( balls, balling, balled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A ball …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES at/with lightning speed (= very quickly ) ▪ He moved with his usual lightning …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BALL
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIGHTNING — [noun] [U] - a flash of bright light in the sky which is produced by electricity moving between clouds or …
Cambridge English vocab
LIGHTNING — n. Visible discharge of electricity when part of the atmosphere acquires enough electrical charge to overcome the resistance of the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LIGHTNING — Synonyms and related words : Jupiter Fulgur, Thor, antelope, arrow, ball lightning, blue darter, blue streak, bolt, bolt of lightning, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BALL — See: BASE ON BALLS, CARRY THE BALL, FLY BALL, FOUL BALL, GET THE BALL ROLLING, SET THE BALL ROLLING, START …
Slang English vocab
LIGHTNING — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ ball , forked , sheet ▪ Forked ~ flickered across the sky. ▪ heat ( esp. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BALL
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BALL — See: BASE ON BALLS, CARRY THE BALL, FLY BALL, FOUL BALL, GET THE BALL ROLLING, SET THE BALL ROLLING, START …
Словарь английских идиом
LIGHTNING — сущ. 1) молния lightning flashes ≈ молния сверкает lightning strikes ≈ молния ударяет ball lightning ≈ шаровая молния forked lightning …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BALL
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTNING — lightning.ogg 1. ʹlaıtnıŋ n 1. молния summer /heat/ lightning - зарница sheet lightning - сплошная молния chain(ed) lightning - зигзагообразная …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BALL
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIGHTNING — 1) молния, грозовой разряд 2) грозовая помеха 3) швейн. застёжка-молния • - artificially triggered lightning - ball lightning - band …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BALL — 1) шар(ик) 2) шаровой наконечник 3) шаровая опора 4) ком || комковать(ся); образовывать комья 5) электрон. шариковый вывод; сферический электрод …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LIGHTNING — 1) молния, грозовой разряд 2) грозовая помеха 3) швейн. застёжка-молния • - artificially triggered lightning - ball lightning - band lightning - beaded lightning - distant lightning - multiple-stroke …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
BALL — 1) шар(ик) 2) шаровой наконечник 3) шаровая опора 4) ком || комковать(ся); образовывать комья 5) электрон. шариковый вывод; сферический электрод 6) буртик венчика бутылки • - breaker …
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