Definition of forked lightning in English:
forked lightning
nounˌfɔːkt ˈlʌɪtnɪŋfɔrkt ˈlaɪtnɪŋ
mass nounLightning that is visible in the form of a zigzag or branching line across the sky.
a flash of forked lightning
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘There was thunder and lightning and very heavy rain and as we approached the runway we could see forked lightning,’ she said.
- The thunder was louder and ‘sharper’ with forked lightning and softer and ‘fuzzier’ with cloud-to-cloud lightning.
- The lightning, which was forked lightning, was the worst I've seen.
- The shelter of even a tomb was welcome in that pitiless tempest and I was about to enter it when there came a flash of forked lightning that lit up the whole expanse of the heavens.
- Sheet lightning is a flash within a cloud; forked lightning is an electrical discharge from a thundercloud to the ground.
- The most dramatic is cloud-to-ground, often seen as forked lightning, which accounts for about 20 per cent of discharges and typically transfers tens of coulombs of negative charge from the cloud.
- The week long series involved eight races in conditions from a whisper of a breeze to a thunderstorm with forked lightning, that passed directly over the fleet of 120 boats.
- Thunder roared, forked lightning crackled and a wall of rain fell from the sky.
- I never write ‘confessional’ poetry but your voice - like forked lightning etching a thunder-dark river - leaves me no choice but to speak directly.
- The forked lightning was incredible and the thunder deafening with no time lag between the two.
- They wake to forked lightning, terrible crashes like accidents happening all around them.
- I was watching the most impressive storm yet, with forked lightning and thunder that shook your heart.
- Nestled in a deep valley in France's thunder alley, Chablis is as likely to be hit by forked lightning as by warm sun.
Definition of forked lightning in US English:
forked lightning
nounfôrkt ˈlītniNGfɔrkt ˈlaɪtnɪŋ
Lightning that is visible in the form of a branching line across the sky.
a flash of forked lightning
Example sentencesExamples
- The lightning, which was forked lightning, was the worst I've seen.
- The week long series involved eight races in conditions from a whisper of a breeze to a thunderstorm with forked lightning, that passed directly over the fleet of 120 boats.
- The forked lightning was incredible and the thunder deafening with no time lag between the two.
- I never write ‘confessional’ poetry but your voice - like forked lightning etching a thunder-dark river - leaves me no choice but to speak directly.
- Nestled in a deep valley in France's thunder alley, Chablis is as likely to be hit by forked lightning as by warm sun.
- The thunder was louder and ‘sharper’ with forked lightning and softer and ‘fuzzier’ with cloud-to-cloud lightning.
- They wake to forked lightning, terrible crashes like accidents happening all around them.
- Thunder roared, forked lightning crackled and a wall of rain fell from the sky.
- I was watching the most impressive storm yet, with forked lightning and thunder that shook your heart.
- ‘There was thunder and lightning and very heavy rain and as we approached the runway we could see forked lightning,’ she said.
- Sheet lightning is a flash within a cloud; forked lightning is an electrical discharge from a thundercloud to the ground.
- The most dramatic is cloud-to-ground, often seen as forked lightning, which accounts for about 20 per cent of discharges and typically transfers tens of coulombs of negative charge from the cloud.
- The shelter of even a tomb was welcome in that pitiless tempest and I was about to enter it when there came a flash of forked lightning that lit up the whole expanse of the heavens.