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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FULGURITE

From Latin fulgur lightning.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FULGURITE

fulgurite  [ˈfʌlɡjʊˌraɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FULGURITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fulgurite 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 FULGURITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fulgurite

Fulgurite

Fulgurites are a variety of the mineraloid lechatelierite. They are natural hollow glass tubes often formed during lightning strikes, in quartzose sand, silica, or soil. Sometimes they are referred to as petrified lightning. Fulgurites may be instances of Lichtenberg figures, which are branching patterns formed by high-voltage discharges such as lightning.

Definition of fulgurite in the English dictionary

The definition of fulgurite in the dictionary is a tube of glassy mineral matter found in sand and rock, formed by the action of lightning.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FULGURITE


azurite
ˈæʒʊˌraɪt
birthright
ˈbɜːθˌraɪt
cartwright
ˈkɑːtˌraɪt
copyright
ˈkɒpɪˌraɪt
cowrite
ˈkəʊˌraɪt
diorite
ˈdaɪəˌraɪt
downright
ˈdaʊnˌraɪt
forthright
ˈfɔːθˌraɪt
hippurite
ˈhɪpjʊˌraɪt
laterite
ˈlætəˌraɪt
lazurite
ˈlæzjʊˌraɪt
meteorite
ˈmiːtɪəˌraɪt
outright
ˈaʊtˌraɪt
playwright
ˈpleɪˌraɪt
ploughwright
ˈplaʊˌraɪt
Plowright
ˈplaʊˌraɪt
tellurite
ˈtɛljʊˌraɪt
underwrite
ˈʊndəˌraɪt
upright
ˈʌpˌraɪt
wainwright
ˈweɪnˌraɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FULGURITE

fulgency
fulgent
fulgently
fulgid
fulgor
fulgorous
fulgural
fulgurant
fulgurate
fulgurating
fulguration
fulgurous
Fulham
fuliginosity
fuliginous
fuliginously
fuliginousness
full
full and by
full as a goog

WORDS THAT END LIKE FULGURITE

curite
evens favourite
favourite
ferrite
handwrite
hypocrite
joint favourite
Labourite
marguerite
neurite
odds-on favourite
overwrite
rewrite
rite
roburite
saussurite
sprite
unfavorite
urite
write

Synonyms and antonyms of fulgurite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fulgurite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FULGURITE

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

Translator English - Chinese

熔岩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fulgurita
570 millions of speakers

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fulgurite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

fulgurite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

برق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

fulgurite
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fulgurite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

fulgurite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fulgurite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fulgurite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fulgurite
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

fulgurite
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

풀구
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fulgurite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một chất nổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

fulgurite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फर्ग्युराईट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fulgurite
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fulgurite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fulgurite
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

fulgurite
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fulgurite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

fulgurite
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fulgurite
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fulgurite
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fulgurite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fulgurite

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FULGURITE»

The term «fulgurite» is normally little used and occupies the 130.534 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FULGURITE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fulgurite» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fulgurite» 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 fulgurite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FULGURITE»

Discover the use of fulgurite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fulgurite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Book of Stones: Who They Are and What They Teach
Fulgurite teaches one how to become a willing and conscious channel for the pure frequency of the Divine Source. This surrender to the Divine is a pure form of prayer. So often we are taught to use prayer as solely a means to get something ...
Robert Simmons, Naisha Ahsian, 2007
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Stones of the New Consciousness: Healing, Awakening and ...
One recommended technique for working with Fulgurite for manifestation is to sit for a while in meditation, deeply visualizing ... and then to put the Fulgurite tube to your lips, exhaling through the tube and “blowing your prayers to the Divine.
Robert Simmons, 2009
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Fulgurite
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
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Chemical Reduction of Silicates by Meteorite Impacts and ...
... ............................................................46 Figure 1.18 Metal droplets inside fulgurite glass ..........................................47 Figure 2.1: Mössbauer transmission spectra of nuclear energy environments ......57 Figure 2.2: Sand fulgurite from Pecos Plains,  ...
Abigail Anne Sheffer, 2007
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The American Journal of Science
Art. II. — A Spiral Fulgurite from Wisconsin ; by William II. Hobbs. There has recently been presented to the geological collection of the University of Wisconsin a lightning tube or fulgurite which has considerable interest because of its shape ...
‎1899
6
Issues in Geology and Mineralogy: 2013 Edition
According to news reporting out of Berlin, Germany, by VerticalNews editors, researchers stated “Comparative strain analyses were performed on quartz crystals within a Sahara fulgurite using neutron diffraction experiments. Besides, 3D-mu ...
‎2013
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Palaeoecology of Quaternary Drylands
The samples consist of 1. a fulgurite fragmentised in the Specks mill (sample from the southern Sahara/Niger) (Fig. 2), 2. a sand sample of the southern Sahara taken several tens of km from the next known fulgurite site (sample from the Bahr  ...
Werner Smykatz-Kloss, Peter Felix-Henningsen, 2004
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Pyrometamorphism
4 of Wright 1999) of a ~2.9 m long fulgurite (solid black lines) formed in cross- bedded sands (bedding shown by sub-horizontal dashed lines), Florida, USA, where examples over 4.9 m in length have also been found. (b) The Winans Lake  ...
Rodney Grapes, 2010
9
Power System Protection 1: Principles and Components
Principles and Components Electricity Training Association, Institution of Electrical Engineers. Before After Small overcurrent Large overcurrent Fig. 5.3.5A Fulgurite structures • fuses without M-effect (with M-effect, the fuse will operate at the M ...
Electricity Training Association, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1995
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Holocene Palaeoenvironmental History of the Central Sahara: ...
7.1.1 Identification of fulgurites Any kind of fulgurite is easy to identify by thin section analyses: If the mineral lechatelierite—amorphous SiO2, formed by melting of quartz and immediate cooling of the melt (Lacroix, 1915)—is present and the ...
Roland Baumhauer, Jürgen Runge, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FULGURITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fulgurite is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Whispers Recap Sean Regains His Memory in The Archer
Sean Remembers Everything: Wes and Claire take Sean to the fulgurite's location. After Sean touches the fulgurite, he falls to the floor and ... «ABC.com, Jul 15»
2
The Whispers Recap 7/6/15: Season 1 Episode 6 “The Archer”
... to Mali to take another look at the fulgurite, and Lena kept a watchful eye on Minx to make sure that her conversations with Drill had ceased. «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, Jul 15»
3
'The Whispers' Theories About Drill, Minx, & More Explain The …
According to Facebook fan Donna Linas, the fulgurite found out the crash site can only be made by blasting crazy high amounts of electricity ... «Bustle, Jun 15»
4
TV THIS WEEK: Scream premieres, Penny Dreadful's finale, and more!
Claire tries to jog Sean's memory about their past life together; an epiphany sends Wes back to Mali to reinspect the fulgurite; and Lena keeps a ... «Blastr, Jun 15»
5
Scoop: THE WHISPERS on ABC - Monday, June 29, 2015
Wes has an epiphany and heads back to Mali to take another look at the fulgurite, and what lies beneath it, and Lena keeps a watchful eye on ... «Broadway World, Jun 15»
6
Lightning is Striking, 3-part Series
... that lightning striking sand generates enough heat to fuse the sand particles into a hollow branching underground tube called a fulgurite. «WKRG, Jun 15»
7
'Hide and Seek'
He removes what looks like a bloody fragment of fulgurite, examines it, then repacks it before walking toward D.C. The second time we see him, ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jun 15»
8
6/8 WEATHER TIP OF THE DAY FROM METEOROLOGIST ADAM …
This substance is called fulgurite. When a bolt of lightning comes in contact with a sandy surface, the high heat of the bolt can fuse sand ... «Mason City Globe Gazette, Jun 15»
9
'The Whispers' review: Children with lethal imaginations
... fulgurite, or petrified lightning. Oh, and the U.S. Defense Department operative Wes (Barry Sloan) tipped to the wreckage is Claire's ex-lover. «NJ.com, Jun 15»
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Hidden gem: A treasure trove of minerals and fossils is found within …
... got 100-million-year-old teeth from a Spinosaurus dinosaur, meteorite chunks from the Canyon Diablo crater in Arizona and fulgurite pieces ... «OCRegister, Feb 15»

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