atmospheric electricity
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1. electrical discharges in the atmosphere (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | atmospheric phenomenon, |
| definition | : | a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | elves, |
| definition | : | an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | blue jet, jet, reverse lightning, |
| definition | : | atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | lightning, |
| definition | : | abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | red sprites, sprites, |
| definition | : | atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves) (noun.phenomenon) |
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