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lightning stroke

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lightning stroke [′līt·niŋ ‚strōk]
(geophysics)
Any one of a series of repeated discharges comprising a single lightning discharge (or lightning flash); specifically, in the case of the cloud-to-ground discharge, a leader plus its subsequent return streamer.
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