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blue jet en · NOUN

Meanings

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.
   • Mysterious bluejets can be seen with the naked eye from the ground, but they are rare and difficult to spot. 1999, Patricia Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney, Skies of fury: weather weirdness around the world, Simon and Schuster, page 100:

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Relateds

troll · sprite · elve · sprite halo · gigantic jet · gnome · blue starter · pixie · red sprite · upward lightning · transient luminous event

Translations (3)

fr jet bleu (optical phenomenon) · fi viuhkasalama (optical phenomenon) · ga scaird ghorm (optical phenomenon)