blue starter en · NOUN
Meanings
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A rapidly expanding disc-shaped region of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, seen high above energetic lightning associated with hail-producing regions of thunderstorms, reaching up no higher than about twelve miles altitude.
Blue starters were first observed in 1994.
2007, Vladimir A. Rakov, Martin A. Uman, Lightning: Physics and Effects, Cambridge University Press, page 483:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blue starters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
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