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Meaning of 'lightning' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lightning [ 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.
- The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.
2 . Lightning [ vb. n.]
- Lightening.

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