"fork lightning" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fork lightnings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} fork lightning (usually uncountable, plural fork lightnings)
  1. Lightning that contains bolts that branch. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (fork lightning): तडिल्लता (taḍillatā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), विद्युल्लता (vidyullatā) [feminine] (Sanskrit)

Inflected forms

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