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bead lightning in American Englishnounlightning in which the intensity appears to vary along the path and which thus resembles a string of beads Also called: chain lightning, pearl lightning Examples of 'bead lightning' in a sentencebead lightning This was bead lightning, a rare and mysterious type of lightning.However, bead lightning occurs with bolts that go from cloud to ground, rather than cloud-to-cloud discharges. |