leader stroke

leader stroke

[′lēd·ər ‚strōk]
(geophysics)
The entire set of events associated with the propagation of any leader between cloud and ground in a lightning discharge.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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