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zigzag lightning

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zigzag lightning [′zig‚zag ‚līt·niŋ]
(geophysics)
Ordinary lightning of a cloud-to-ground discharge that appears to have a single, but very irregular, lightning channel; when viewed from a suitable angle, this may be observed as beaded lightning.


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