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bead lightning
noun
- lightning in which the intensity appears to vary along the path and which thus resembles a string of beads.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bead lightning1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
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It has many similarities, and it's clearly not similar to better known phenomena such as St Elmo's fire or bead lightning, which are well known and understood in nature.
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Ball lightning is used almost generically to describe phenomena seen in nature that aren't described by normal lightning, bead lightning or things like 'St Elmo's fire', or aurora.
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