en lightning

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: Open Mind Common Sense contributors, DBPedia 2015, OpenCyc 2012, Unicode CLDR, Verbosity players, German Wiktionary, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • ar بَرْق (n, event) ➜
  • ar بَرْق (n, phenomenon) ➜
  • ca llamp (n, event) ➜
  • ca llamp (n, phenomenon) ➜
  • es relámpago ➜
  • fr éclair ➜
  • it fulmine ➜
  • sh blesak ➜
  • sh blijesak ➜
  • sh munja ➜
  • eu tximista (n, event) ➜
  • eu tximista (n, phenomenon) ➜
  • fa برق (n, phenomenon) ➜
  • fi salama (n, event) ➜
  • fi salama (n, phenomenon) ➜
  • fr foudre (n, event) ➜
  • fr foudre (n, phenomenon) ➜
  • fr éclair (n) ➜
  • fr éclair (n, event) ➜
  • fr éclair (n, phenomenon) ➜
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Related terms

  • en thunder ➜
  • sh blic (n) ➜
  • sh munja (n) ➜
  • sh sev (n) ➜
  • sh sijev (n) ➜
  • en bolt ➜
  • en flash ➜
  • ab афы (n) ➜
  • ady пчыкӏэ (n) ➜
  • af bliksem (n) ➜
  • af bliksemstraal (n) ➜
  • af weerlig (n) ➜
  • af weerligstraal (n) ➜
  • am መብረቅ (n) ➜
  • an relampago (n) ➜
  • ang lieg (n) ➜
  • ang liget (n) ➜
  • ang ligetu (n) ➜
  • ar أبرق (v) ➜
  • ar برق (n) ➜
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lightning is a type of…

  • en an electrical discharge ➜
  • en electricity ➜
  • en flash (n, event) ➜
  • en atmospheric electricity (n, phenomenon) ➜
  • en an electrical charge ➜
  • en an electrical flash ➜
  • en a flash of light ➜
  • en a natural electrical discharge ➜
  • en a natural form of electricity ➜
  • en powerful electricity ➜
  • en a tremendous release of energy ➜
  • en discharge ➜
  • en electrical event (n) ➜
  • en emitting (n) ➜
  • en meteorological event (n) ➜
  • en software (n) ➜

Derived terms

  • en lightning conductor ➜
  • en lightning rod ➜
  • en ball lightning ➜
  • en greased lightning ➜
  • en jewish lightning ➜
  • en lightning bolt ➜
  • en lightning bug ➜
  • en lightning detector ➜
  • en lightning in bottle ➜
  • en lightning quick ➜
  • en lightning strike ➜
  • en lightninglike ➜
  • en sheet lightning ➜
  • en upward lightning ➜

Types of lightning

  • en forked lightning (n, phenomenon) ➜
  • en heat lightning (n, event) ➜
  • en sheet lighting (n, event) ➜
  • en thunderbolt (n, phenomenon) ➜
  • en ball lightning ➜
  • en heat lightning ➜
  • en sheet lightning ➜

lightning is capable of…

  • en kill people ➜
  • en case thunder ➜
  • en cause a fire ➜
  • en start forest fires ➜
  • en strike twice ➜

Word forms

  • en lightening (n) ➜
  • en lightninged (v) ➜
  • en lightninging (v) ➜
  • en lightning (n) ➜
  • en lightnings (n) ➜
  • en lightnings (v) ➜

Properties of lightning

  • en hot ➜
  • en beautiful but dangerous ➜
  • en exciting ➜
  • en fast ➜
  • en very dangerous, even deadly ➜

Distinct terms

  • en thunder ➜
  • en thunder ➜

Symbols of lightning

  • mul ⚡ ➜
  • mul 🌩 ➜

Effects of lightning

  • en thunder ➜

Context of this term

  • en childish ➜
  • en nonstandard ➜

Antonyms

  • en thunder ➜
  • en thunder ➜

Etymologically related

  • cs jako namydlený blesk ➜
  • de lichting ➜
  • en quick as flash ➜
  • ki rũheni ➜

Similar terms

  • en thunderbolt ➜

Location of lightning

  • en clouds ➜

lightning can be…

  • en caused by a difference in charge ➜

Links to other resources

  • dbpedia.org Lightning
  • umbel.org /umbel/sc/LightningEvent
  • wikidata.dbpedia.org /resource/Q33741
  • sw.opencyc.org /2012/05/10/concept/en/LightningEvent
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 107427593-n
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 111495679-n
  • dbpedia.org Lightning (connector)
  • wikidata.dbpedia.org /resource/Q129052
  • dbpedia.org Lightning (software)
  • wikidata.dbpedia.org /resource/Q854029
  • en.wiktionary.org lightning
  • fr.wiktionary.org lightning
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