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Meaning of "streak lightning" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STREAK LIGHTNING

streak lightning  [striːk ˈlaɪtnɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STREAK LIGHTNING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Streak 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 STREAK LIGHTNING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of streak lightning in the English dictionary

The definition of streak lightning in the dictionary is lightning in which there is a sudden flash from what appears to be a single main line.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STREAK LIGHTNING


beginning
bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ
cleaning
ˈkliːnɪŋ
evening
ˈiːvnɪŋ
foreshortening
fɔːˈʃɔːtnɪŋ
learning
ˈlɜːnɪŋ
lightning
ˈlaɪtnɪŋ
listening
ˈlɪsnɪŋ
meaning
ˈmiːnɪŋ
mining
ˈmaɪnɪŋ
morning
ˈmɔːnɪŋ
opening
ˈəʊpənɪŋ
planning
ˈplænɪŋ
remaining
rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ
running
ˈrʌnɪŋ
stunning
ˈstʌnɪŋ
training
ˈtreɪnɪŋ
tuning
ˈtjuːnɪŋ
turning
ˈtɜːnɪŋ
warning
ˈwɔːnɪŋ
whitening
ˈwaɪtnɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STREAK LIGHTNING

streak
streaked
streaked gurnard
streaker
streakier
streakiest
streakily
streakiness
streaking
streaklike
streaky
streaky bacon
stream
stream feed
stream of consciousness
streambed
streamer
streamier
streamiest
streaminess

WORDS THAT END LIKE STREAK LIGHTNING

award-winning
ball lightning
burning
chain lightning
concerning
conditioning
designing
determining
dry lightning
entertaining
forked lightning
gardening
globe lightning
happening
heat lightning
in-service training
on-the-job training
sheet lightning
summer lightning
the top of the morning

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «streak lightning» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STREAK LIGHTNING

Find out the translation of streak lightning to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of streak 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 «streak lightning» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

连胜闪电
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rayo racha
570 millions of speakers

English

streak lightning
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लकीर बिजली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خط البرق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

линейной молнии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

raia relâmpago
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্টিক বাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

série foudre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kilat kilat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blitzserie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ストリーク稲妻
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

행진 번개
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kilat kilat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuỗi sét
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்ட்ரீக் மின்னல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्ट्रिक लाइटिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yıldırım çarpması
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

striscia di fulmine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

smuga piorun
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лінійної блискавки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dungă fulger
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ράβδωση αστραπής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

streep weerlig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

strimma lightning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

streak lyn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of streak lightning

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STREAK LIGHTNING»

The term «streak lightning» is barely ever used and occupies the 208.801 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STREAK LIGHTNING» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STREAK LIGHTNING»

Discover the use of streak lightning in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to streak lightning and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Code for Protection Against Lightning: April 8, 1929. ...
TYPES OF LIGHTNING The most familiar type is streak lightning. Variations of this, but not distinct types in themselves, are ribbon, rocket, and bead lightning, and also forked and zigzag lightning. Other types more rarely observed than streak ...
‎1929
2
Protection of electrical circuits and equipment against ...
Other types more rarely observed than streak lightning are ball or globular lightning and sheet lightning. Streak Lightning. Streak lightning exhibits a white or pink path of comparatively small diameter, from an inch to a foot apparently, and of a ...
United States. National Bureau of Standards, 1929
3
Natural Processes and Human Impacts: Interactions between ...
Streak lightning is the most dominant phenomenon during thunderstorms. It represents a long spark having the shape of a broken or zigzagging, brightly glowing line. Streak lightning is generally several kilometres long. A streak with a length ...
Sergey M. Govorushko, 2011
4
Wonders of the Air
Streak lightning is the most common form of lightning. That's the kind that produces the characteristic zigzag shape. Forked lightning is streak lightning that splits into two branches. Ribbon lightning is streak lightning that looks like horizontal ...
Tamra Andrews, 2004
5
Skiing
There is ball or rocket lightning, fork lightning, streak lightning, sheet lightning, cloud-to-cloud lightning, cloud-to-ground lightning, and air-discharge lightning. Apparently the preliminary arcing effect I experienced at the top of the mountain was ...
6
The Handy Science Answer Book
Other types of lightning include the common streak lightning (a single or multiple zigzagging line from cloud to ground); ... ribbon lightning (streak lightning blown sideways by the wind to make it appear like parallel successive strokes); bead or  ...
Science and Technology Department Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 2002
7
Backpacker
Lightning comes in many shapes and sizes Streak Lightning — Appears as ine; the classic "lightning bolt" and i of lightning most often seen, ed Lightning — Large bolts of lightning / often have multiple leaders jr creating a forked look, the f  ...
8
The Handy Science Answer Book
The main types of lightning are: • Streak lightning: A single or multiple zigzagging line from cloud to ground. • Forked lightning: Lightning that forms two branches simultaneously. • Sheet lightning: A shapeless flash covering a broad area.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 2011
9
Weather For Dummies
The lightning that you see as a streak or a fork is called streak lightning or fork lightning. If the clouds obscure the streak, it is called sheet lightning. But lightning also comes in other shapes and sizes and colors that you wouldn't believe.
John D. Cox, 2011
10
Quilting Bible
Sewing. Designs. with. Rectangles. 2) Stitch three squares together in a horizontal- vertical-horizontal sequence, as shown. Repeat with three more squares. Keep fabrics in same sequence, from left to right and from top to bottom, throughout ...
Creative Publishing International

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