Lightening vs. Lightning

Lighteningnoun

(medicine) The sensation caused by the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity before the onset of labour

Lighteningnoun

(nautical) The removal of cargo (especially crude oil) from a vessel in order to reduce its draft

Lighteningnoun

The process of changing to a lighter color.

Lighteningnoun

descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped

Lighteningnoun

changing to a lighter color

Lighteningnoun

a drop in the level of the uterus during the last weeks of pregnancy as the head of the fetus engages in the pelvis.

Lightningnoun

A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.

Lightningnoun

A discharge of this kind.

Lightningnoun

(figuratively) Anything that moves very fast.

Lightningnoun

The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.

Lightningadjective

Extremely fast or sudden.

Lightningadjective

Moving at the speed of lightning.

Lightningverb

To produce lightning.

Lightningnoun

A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.

Lightningnoun

The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.

Lightning

Lightening.

Lightningnoun

abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

Lightningnoun

the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more

Lightning

Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged regions, both in the atmosphere or with one on the ground, temporarily equalize themselves, causing the instantaneous release of as much as one gigajoule of energy. This discharge may produce a wide range of electromagnetic radiation, from very hot plasma created by the rapid movement of electrons, to brilliant flashes of visible light in the form of black-body radiation.