NOUN | event | heat lightning | bright flashes of light near the horizon without thunder (especially on hot evenings) |
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Meaning | bright flashes of light near the horizon without thunder (especially on hot evenings); usually attributed to distant lightning that is reflected by clouds. | |
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Broader | lightning | The flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash) |
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