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Definition of Lightning glance

Lightning glance
Lightning Light"ning (l[imac]t"n[i^]ng), n. [For lightening, fr. lighten to flash.] 1. A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder. 2. The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers. [R.] Ball lightning, a rare form of lightning sometimes seen as a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the earth. Chain lightning, lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked flashes. Heat lightning, more or less vivid and extensive flashes of electric light, without thunder, seen near the horizon, esp. at the close of a hot day. Lightning arrester (Telegraphy), a device, at the place where a wire enters a building, for preventing injury by lightning to an operator or instrument. It consists of a short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also lightning discharger. Lightning bug (Zo["o]l.), a luminous beetle. See Firefly. Lightning conductor, a lightning rod. Lightning glance, a quick, penetrating glance of a brilliant eye. Lightning rod, a metallic rod set up on a building, or on the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or vessel from lightning. Sheet lightning, a diffused glow of electric light flashing out from the clouds, and illumining their outlines. The appearance is sometimes due to the reflection of light from distant flashes of lightning by the nearer clouds.

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- contemns, Renders them useless, while With winged expedition Swift as the lightning glance he executes His errand on the wicked, who surprised Lose their defence...
- anthropomorphic vehicles, the film follows a young self-obsessed racecar named Lightning McQueen who, on the way to the most important race of his life, becomes...
- characteristic for lightnings. Rydberg atoms, generated by low-frequency lightnings, emit at red to orange color and can give the lightning a yellowish to...
- (1987) Rogue's Lady (1988) Informed Risk (1989) Woman's Own (1990) Backward Glance (1991) The Armstrong Women (1990) Mind Tryst (1992) The House on Olive Street...
- March 1992) is an Australian actress. She is known for portraying Zoey in Lightning Point, Lyla in Mako: Island of Secrets, and Lissa Dragomir in the film...
- hilltop cop, is returning to duty. The hilltop is frequently struck by lightning, so the patrolling policemen risk their lives to keep visitors out. As...
- V****ilieva worked on Black Lightning as Looker. In 2023, she won the Best Actress in a Feature Film award at the First Glance Film Festival in Los Angeles...
- Basilisk – death glance/petrifying glance Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) – modern invention ****atrice – death glance/petrifying glance Medusa and Gorgon...
- is suggested that it is a corruption of 'gliff' (glimpse) or 'gliffin' (glance) (compare: 'in the blink of an eye') and may ultimately derive from Gothic...