LIGHTNING

Meaning of LIGHTNING in English

(n.) A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

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
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
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
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
LIGHTNING — the visible discharge of atmospheric electricity that occurs when a region of the atmosphere acquires an electrical charge, or potential …
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
LIGHTNING — I. light ‧ ning 1 /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: lighten 'to become less dark' …
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
LIGHTNING — n. & adj. n. a flash of bright light produced by an electric discharge between clouds or between clouds and …
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
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
LIGHTNING — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES at/with lightning speed (= very quickly ) ▪ He moved with his usual lightning …
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
LIGHTNING — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ ball , forked , sheet ▪ Forked ~ flickered across the sky. ▪ heat ( esp. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — сущ. 1) молния lightning flashes ≈ молния сверкает lightning strikes ≈ молния ударяет ball lightning ≈ шаровая молния forked lightning …
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
LIGHTNING — 1) молния, грозовой разряд 2) грозовая помеха 3) швейн. застёжка-молния • - artificially triggered lightning - ball lightning - band …
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
LIGHTNING — молния, молниевый antenna lightning protector — радио разрядник антенный comb lightning arrester — гребенчатый разрядник line-type lightning arrester — линейный разрядник - beaded lightning - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LIGHTNING — 1. ʹlaıtnıŋ n 1. молния summer /heat/ lightning - зарница sheet lightning - сплошная молния chain(ed) lightning - зигзагообразная молния …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTNING — сущ. 1) молния lightning flashes — молния сверкает lightning strikes — молния ударяет stroke of lightning — удар молнии sheet …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LIGHTNING — сущ. 1) молния lightning flashes — молния сверкает lightning strikes — молния ударяет stroke of lightning — удар молнии sheet lightning — зарница at lightning speed, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LIGHTNING — _n. молния; - like lightning - with lightning speed - at lightning speed - summer lightning - heat lightning
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LIGHTNING — n. молния; - like lightning - with lightning speed - at lightning speed - summer lightning - heat lightning
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LIGHTNING — _n. молния; like lightning, with (или at) lightning speed с быстротой молнии, молниеносно; summer (или heat) lightning зарница
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
LIGHTNING — 1) молния 2) искра [c gray](а) - lightning arrester - lightning conductor - lightning discharge - lightning installation - lightning …
Англо-Русский морской словарь
LIGHTNING — сущ. 1) молния lightning flashes ≈ молния сверкает lightning strikes ≈ молния ударяет ball lightning ≈ шаровая молния forked lightning …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTNING — fúlmine, fulguration. ~ CONDUCTOR: para-fulmine. FORKED ~: zigzag de fulmine. ~ STROKE: fúlmincolpe
English interlingue dictionary
LIGHTNING — kilat;lilat;linti;lipak;liti
English-Visayan vocabulary
LIGHTNING — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of lightenen to lighten Date: 13th century the flashing of light produced by …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LIGHTNING — (vb. n.) Lightening.
Английский словарь Webster
LIGHTNING — (n.) The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.
Английский словарь Webster
LIGHTNING — ( vb. n. ) Lightening.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — ( n. ) The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — ( n. ) A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — adj. of or pertaining to lightning
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LIGHTNING — n. flash or streak of light in the sky caused by the discharge of an electric spark in a thundercloud
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LIGHTNING — (·vb.n.) lightening. 2. lightning ·noun the act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as …
Webster English vocab
LIGHTNING — n. ball lightning heat lightning lightning arrester lightning bug lightning rod sheet lightning white lightning
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — n. Function: intransitive verb Inflected Form: light · ninged ; lightning Date: 1903 : to discharge a flash of lightning
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — n. Function: adjective Date: 1576 : having or moving with or as if with the speed and suddenness of lightning …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — n. Pronunciation: ' l ī t-ni ŋ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of lightenen to lighten Date: 13th …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — ■ noun 1》 the occurrence of a brief natural high-voltage electrical discharge between a cloud and the ground or within …
Concise 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 - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LIGHTNING — Gin. A flash of lightning; a glass of gin.
Slang English vocab
LIGHTNING — I. noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
LIGHTNING — See ↑ WEATHER 13 ◆◆◆ • ↑ like lightning
Longman Activator English vocab
LIGHTNING — n. 1) ball; forked; heat, sheet ~ 2) ~ flashes; strikes 3) a bolt, flash, stroke of ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
LIGHTNING — истребитель-перехватчик "Лайтнинг" (принят на вооружение в 1958; вооружён двумя управляемыми ракетами "Ред топ" (Red Top) букв. молния
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
LIGHTNING — liget, ligetræsc
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
LIGHTNING — A sudden and visible discharge of electricity produced in response to the build up of electrical potential between cloud and …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
LIGHTNING — Молния
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTNING — Lightning
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
LIGHTNING — молния summer (или heat) lightning - зарница
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LIGHTNING — (n) молния
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
LIGHTNING — 1. [ʹlaıtnıŋ] n 1. молния summer /heat/ ~ - зарница sheet ~ - сплошная молния chain(ed) ~ - зигзагообразная молния …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LIGHTNING — adj. молниеносный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LIGHTNING — n. молния
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LIGHTNING — adj. молниеносный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LIGHTNING — n. молния
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release

Английский словарь Webster

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