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sheet lightning
noun
- lightning appearing merely as a general illumination over a broad area, usually because the path of the flash is obscured by clouds.
sheet lightning
noun
- lightning that appears as a broad sheet, caused by the reflection of more distant lightning
sheet lightning
/ shēt /
- A broad, sheetlike illumination of a portion of a thundercloud, caused by an unseen, often internal or reflected lightning flash.
- See also heat lightningSee more at lightning
Word History and Origins
Origin of sheet lightning1
Example Sentences
She’d harvested wheat in Montana, watching the entire sky flash with sheet lightning.
Anyway, if the tornadoes don’t suck the air out of your lungs and toss you like a rag doll, and if the swarm of nails doesn’t go through you like shotgun pellets, there’s still the sheet lightning.
At the top of the stairs, I spot some sheet lightning in the distance, which is one of my favorite kinds.
Last month, I was anchored with Cat in Sardinia when monstrous winds rushed in with thunder and sheet lightning illuminating the full filmic horror of it.
"I've never seen a storm with such frequent lightning in my life I don't think. Mostly sheet lightning and not too loud but flashes are spectacular."
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