ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin fulguration, fulguratio sheet lightning, from fulguratus + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : the act or process of flashing like lightning : a lightning flash
it was pleasant to be sitting there while the sultriest fulgurations, flickering, cast corners in the glass — Wallace Stevens
b. : a spiritual radiation or divine manifestation
c. Leibnizianism : the monads that are coeternal with God
2. : the sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver when the last film of oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface in assaying
3. : electrodesiccation