lightning

Summary

lightning is a type of meteorological phenomenon^[1]. lightning ranks in the top 9% of type_of_meteorological_phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,111 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• lightning's instance of is recorded as type of meteorological phenomenon^[3].
• lightning is a type of electrical breakdown^[4].
• lightning is a type of electrometeor^[5].
• lightning is a type of electromagnetic pulse^[6].
• lightning is a type of meteorological phenomenon^[7].
• lightning is part of thunderstorm^[8].
• lightning's Commons category is recorded as Lightning^[9].
• lightning's Unicode character is recorded as 🌩^[10].
• lightning's Unicode character is recorded as ☇^[11].
• lightning's Unicode character is recorded as 🗲^[12].
• lightning's Unicode character is recorded as ⚡^[13].
• lightning comprises electric discharge^[14].
• lightning comprises lightning bolt^[15].
• lightning's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lightning^[16].
• lightning's Commons gallery is recorded as Lightning^[17].
• lightning's described at URL is recorded as https://neal.fun/earth-reviews/lightning^[18].
• lightning's described at URL is recorded as https://www.gweiadur.com/welsh-dictionary/mellten^[19].
• lightning's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[20].
• lightning's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[21].
• lightning's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[22].
• lightning's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• lightning's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[24].
• lightning's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[25].
• lightning's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• lightning's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

lightning's instance of is recorded as type of meteorological phenomenon^[3]. Recorded subclass of include electrical breakdown^[4], electrometeor^[5], electromagnetic pulse^[6], and meteorological phenomenon^[7].

Use and Application

Components include electric discharge^[14] and lightning bolt^[15]. lightning is part of thunderstorm^[8].

Influence

Things named for lightning include Tampa Bay Lightning^[28], an ice hockey team^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1992^[31]; Tarantul-class corvette^[32], a ship class^[33]; Lightning Network^[34], a payment system^[35]; Piorun^[36], a missile model^[37], founded in 2010^[38]; Pauk-class corvette^[39], a ship class^[40]; ORP Błyskawica^[41], a destroyer^[42], in Poland^[43]; Barkas^[44], an automobile manufacturer^[45], in German Democratic Republic^[46], founded in 1958^[47], headquartered in Chemnitz^[48]; and Blesk^[49], a daily newspaper^[50], in Czech Republic^[51], founded in 1991^[52], headquartered in Prague^[53].

Why It Matters

lightning ranks in the top 9% of type_of_meteorological_phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,111 views/month).^[2] lightning has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[54] lightning is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[55]

Entities named for lightning include Tampa Bay Lightning^[28], an ice hockey team^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1992^[31]; Tarantul-class corvette^[32], a ship class^[33]; Lightning Network^[34], a payment system^[35]; Piorun^[36], a missile model^[37], founded in 2010^[38]; Pauk-class corvette^[39], a ship class^[40]; and ORP Błyskawica^[41], a destroyer^[42], in Poland^[43].