Lightning vs. Lighting

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.

Lightingnoun

The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.

Lightingnoun

The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.

Lightingnoun

The process of annealing metals.

Lightingnoun

A name sometimes applied to the process of annealing metals.

Lightingnoun

having abundant light or illumination;

Lightingnoun

apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film

Lightingnoun

the craft of providing artificial light;

Lightingnoun

the act of setting on fire or catching fire

Lighting

Lighting or illumination is the deliberate use of light to achieve practical or aesthetic effects. Lighting includes the use of both artificial light sources like lamps and light fixtures, as well as natural illumination by capturing daylight.