superbolt
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From super- + bolt (“lightning bolt”).
Noun
[edit]superbolt (plural superbolts)
- (meteorology, rare) A rare form of lightning where the bolt is much stronger (such as 100x) and lasts much longer (such as 5x) than the usual forms of lightning.
- 1981, Marta Kowalczyk, Lightning as a source of NOx in the troposphere:
- This low lightning rate is insufficient to affect the global NOx production, however it may cause local enhancement near Japan where most superbolts occur.
- 2015, Derek M. Elsom, Lightning: Nature and Culture:
- In rare cases a positively charged giant 'superbolt' may discharge from the forward (or rear) anvil cloud to the negatively charged ground ahead of (or behind) the thunderstorm base.