HyperDic: heat_lightning

English > 1 sense of the expression heat lightning:
NOUNeventheat lightningbright flashes of light near the horizon without thunder (especially on hot evenings)
English > heat lightning: 1 sense > noun 1, event
Meaningbright flashes of light near the horizon without thunder (especially on hot evenings); usually attributed to distant lightning that is reflected by clouds.
BroaderlightningThe flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash)

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