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Meaning of "dry lightning" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DRY LIGHTNING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRY LIGHTNING

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determiner
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Dry lightning is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DRY LIGHTNING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dry lightning

Dry lightning

Dry lightning is a term which is used to refer to lightning strikes occurring without significant precipitation. The term is a technical misnomer since lightning itself is neither wet nor dry, and also because the thunderstorms which sometimes cause it actually do produce precipitation, although the precipitation does not reach the ground in significant amounts.

Definition of dry lightning in the English dictionary

The definition of dry lightning in the dictionary is lightning produced by a thunderstorm that is unaccompanied by rain.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRY LIGHTNING

dry farming
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dry goods
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dry hole
dry ice
dry kiln
dry land
dry law
dry martini
dry measure
dry nurse
dry out
dry point
dry riser
dry rot
dry run
dry shampoo
dry slope

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRY LIGHTNING

ball lightning
beginning
chain lightning
cleaning
evening
forked lightning
globe lightning
heat lightning
learning
lightning
listening
meaning
mining
morning
opening
planning
remaining
sheet lightning
streak lightning
summer lightning

Synonyms and antonyms of dry lightning in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dry lightning» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRY LIGHTNING

Find out the translation of dry lightning to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dry lightning from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dry lightning» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

干闪电
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rayo seco
570 millions of speakers

English

dry lightning
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शुष्क बिजली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البرق الجاف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сухой молнии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

relâmpago seco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শুষ্ক বাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

foudre sec
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kilat kering
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trockenblitz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドライ稲妻
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마른 번개
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kilat garing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sét khô
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உலர் மின்னல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोरडे लाइटिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kuru şimşek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fulmine a secco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

suche pioruny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сухий блискавки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fulger uscat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξηρού αστραπή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

droë weerlig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

torr lightning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tørr lyn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dry lightning

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRY LIGHTNING»

The term «dry lightning» is normally little used and occupies the 144.526 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRY LIGHTNING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dry lightning» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dry lightning» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dry lightning

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRY LIGHTNING»

Discover the use of dry lightning in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dry lightning and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen
"Dry Lightning" is a microcosm for much of the album: haunting lyrical brilliance that burns and dies on its own. Thinking back on the time with his stripper girlfriend, her "appaloosa's/Kickin' in the corral smelling rain," the narrator is left in a state ...
Rob Kirkpatrick, 2007
2
The Ferocious Forest Fire Mystery
"We have two small fires, which were both started a few days ago by dry lightning ." "Dry lightning?" Curie said. "Does that mean there's such a thing as wet lightning?" "Yes, kind of," Chief Thomas answered. "When a rainy thunderstorm makes ...
Carole Marsh, 2008
3
Tropical Fire Ecology: Climate Change, Land Use and ...
Dry lightning is not common even though lightning ®res are. As lightning-caused human mortalities indicate, lightning can arc from a cumulonimbus cloud kilometers from the area that receives rain. An adage used by people concerned about ...
Mark Cochrane, 2010
4
High Voltage Engineering and Testing
Tests with impulse voltage are designed to demonstrate the response of equipment to transients over a wide frequency range. Dry lightning impulses are applied to all types of bushing as a type test and wet switching impulse tests on bushings ...
Hugh McLaren Ryan, 2001
5
Dry Lightning
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Dry lightning is a term which is used to refer to lightning strikes occurring without significant precipitation.
Stefanu Elias Aloysius, 2011
6
Extreme Weather and Climate
... reason there are scientists who dispute the existence of ball lightning as a distinct form of lightning. Dry Lightning When cloud-to-ground lightning occurs with thunderstorms that do not produce rain, the lightning is often called dry lightning.
C. Donald Ahrens, Perry Samson, 2010
7
Floods
Sometimes the air below the cloud is very dry, and precipitation falling from the cloud evaporates before it reaches the ground. Lightning that accompanies such conditions is called “dry lightning” and is often the cause of forest or brush fires, ...
Michael Allaby, 2003
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From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain: A History of ...
Dry lightning, i.e. lightning which occurs without any precipitation reaching the ground, on the other hand, frequently results in forest fires. Dry lightning ignited fires, however, are largely limited to the West and the Florida panhandle (Ahlgren  ...
Gordon G. Whitney, 1996
9
The Shimmer
“A huge cell of dry lightning. That's what the feds say happened,” Medrano told him.“All kindsof government typesgot involved, particularlythe FBI and the National Science Foundation. The NSF runs the observatory. Or used to. Thefacility blew ...
David Morrell, 2011
10
The Landscape Ecology of Fire
This “dry” lightning occurs most frequently when the lower atmosphere is particularly unstable, resulting in intense convection and often dry conditions in the lower atmosphere that cause precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the ground ...
Donald McKenzie, Carol Miller, Donald A. Falk, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRY LIGHTNING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dry lightning is used in the context of the following news items.
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Drought, weather increasing fire danger in Sierras
LAKE TAHOE (KRON) — Thunderstorms and the potential for dry lightning are both major cause for concern across much of parched California ... «KRON4.com, Jul 15»
2
Hot, dry conditions across Inland Northwest straining water supplies
Let's hope we get moisture and not the dry lightning from thunderstorm activity. Contact Randy Mann at www.facebook.com/ wxmann, ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
3
Utah forecast: Thunder, showers and slightly cooler as week winds …
Southern Utah looked for a breezy Thursday morning ahead of dry lightning in the afternoon. Thursday night could bring showers, providing ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»
4
BC rain likely won't help fires: expert
“Over the southern and central interior, because we don't expect much precipitation, dry lightning is definitely a concern for the forest fires,” said ... «24 Hours Vancouver, Jul 15»
5
EDITORIAL: Careless actions pose a fire threat
Dry lightning storms in the Interior continue to ignite parched vegetation, leaving crews scrambling. Mother Nature doesn't need any help from ... «Vernon Morning Star, Jul 15»
6
Weather Service Issues Red Flag Warning for Lightning Event
... are possible. Dry lightning will be possible outside the wet cores and those strikes could create multiple fire starts. Posted on 7/7/15 9:33AM by Chuck Benson ... «KAJO, Jul 15»
7
Crews gaining ground on 21 Mile Grade Fire
Fire officials are concerned about a slight chance of dry lightning Monday night, as well as current temperatures, which are higher than average ... «KXLY Spokane, Jul 15»
8
Thunderstorms In Forecast Could Increase Fire Risk By End Of The …
While the Bay Area needs the rain, the main concern and worst case scenario will be no rain and for dry lightning. The lack of precipitation with ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
9
National July Fourth forecast: Storms to light up the sky from …
Dry lightning is also possible with some of these storms. Dry storms have little precipitation and mostly lightning. "The best chance to see dry ... «AOL News, Jul 15»
10
Climate change to blame for so many Sask. wildfires, says expert
She says climate change is leading to higher temperatures, and more arid conditions which make the sky ripe for dry lightning. "It means that ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»

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