"lightning mapper" meaning in All languages combined

See lightning mapper on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: lightning mappers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lightning mapper (plural lightning mappers)
  1. (meteorology) A system that displays a map of the position of recorded or real-time lightning discharges relative to the user or other objects. Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-lightning_mapper-en-noun-pgopOe2R Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
  2. (instrumentation) The component of such a system that gathers the required data, comprising an interconnected network of electric field change sensors that measure the time of arrival of electric field pulses from the strokes in a lightning flash. Two-dimensional maps require three such sensors, and three-dimensional maps require four.
    Sense id: en-lightning_mapper-en-noun-3F~Wwh9d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59

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