"blue jet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blue jets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue jet (plural blue jets)
  1. (astronomy, meteorology) An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a rapidly expanding disk-shaped region of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occurs high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity. Categories (topical): Astronomy, Lightning, Meteorology Synonyms: blue-jet, bluejet Translations (optical phenomenon): viuhkasalama (Finnish), jet bleu [masculine] (French), scaird ghorm [feminine] (Irish)

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