English Explanatory Dictionary

blue jet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a rapidly expanding disk-shaped region of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occurs high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity.

Word forms

blue jet blue jets blue-jet bluejet

Related words

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