Usually means: Lightning that splits into branches.
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  1. forked lightning: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. forked lightning: Collins English Dictionary
  3. forked lightning: Vocabulary.com
  4. forked lightning: Dictionary.com
  5. Forked lightning: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. forked lightning: Rhymezone
  7. forked lightning: FreeDictionary.org
  8. forked lightning: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. forked lightning: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. forked lightning: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  11. forked lightning: Wiktionary

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  1. forked lightning: Encyclopedia

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (forked lightning)

▸ noun:  Fork lightning.

Similar:
chain lightning, fork lightning, thunderlight, lightning, lightening, bolt, lightning discharger, thunderbolt, lightning bolt, thunderstroke, more...

Opposite:
sheet lightning, heat lightning, silent lightning

Types:
anvil crawler, positive lightning, negative lightning, ball lightning, heat lightning, more...

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Similar:
chain lightning, fork lightning, thunderlight, lightning, lightening, bolt, lightning discharger, thunderbolt, lightning bolt, thunderstroke, more...

Opposite:
sheet lightning, heat lightning, silent lightning

Types:
anvil crawler, positive lightning, negative lightning, ball lightning, heat lightning, more...



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