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 (2,124 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• lightning's video is recorded as Lightning strikes in slow motion (240fps) in Muurame, Finland.webm^[3].
• lightning's image is recorded as Lightning Pritzerbe 01 (MK).jpg^[4].
• lightning's instance of is recorded as type of meteorological phenomenon^[5].
• lightning's audio is recorded as Thunder.ogg^[6].
• lightning's GND ID is recorded as 4124914-8^[7].
• lightning's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85076931^[8].
• lightning's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119444431^[9].
• lightning's subclass of is recorded as electrical breakdown^[10].
• lightning's subclass of is recorded as electrometeor^[11].
• lightning's subclass of is recorded as electromagnetic pulse^[12].
• lightning's subclass of is recorded as meteorological phenomenon^[13].
• lightning's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00564812^[14].
• lightning's part of is recorded as thunderstorm^[15].
• lightning's Commons category is recorded as Lightning^[16].
• lightning's pronunciation audio is recorded as Jer-la foudre.ogg^[17].
• lightning's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D008030^[18].
• lightning's Unicode character is recorded as 🌩^[19].
• lightning's Unicode character is recorded as ☇^[20].
• lightning's Unicode character is recorded as 🗲^[21].
• lightning's Unicode character is recorded as ⚡^[22].
• lightning's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 12825^[23].
• lightning's has part is recorded as electric discharge^[24].
• lightning's has part is recorded as lightning bolt^[25].
• lightning's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gms8^[26].
• lightning's MeSH tree code is recorded as G16.500.175.843^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for lightning include Tampa Bay Lightning^[28], an ice hockey team^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1992^[31]; Lightning Network^[32], a payment system^[33]; Tarantul-class corvette^[34], a ship class^[35]; ORP Błyskawica^[36], a destroyer^[37], in Poland^[38]; Piorun^[39], a missile model^[40], founded in 2010^[41]; Pauk-class corvette^[42], a ship class^[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 (2,124 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]; Lightning Network^[32], a payment system^[33]; Tarantul-class corvette^[34], a ship class^[35]; ORP Błyskawica^[36], a destroyer^[37], in Poland^[38]; Piorun^[39], a missile model^[40], founded in 2010^[41]; and Pauk-class corvette^[42], a ship class^[43].