Usually means: Lightning flash diffused by clouds.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. sheet lightning: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sheet lightning: Merriam-Webster
  3. sheet lightning: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sheet lightning: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sheet lightning: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sheet-lightning, sheet lightning: Wordnik
  7. sheet lightning: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. sheet lightning: Wiktionary
  9. sheet lightning: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. sheet lightning: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. sheet lightning: Dictionary.com
  12. sheet lightning: FreeDictionary.org
  13. sheet lightning: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sheet lightning: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sheet lightning)

▸ noun:  A broad flash of lightning, with no visible bolt, due to reflection.

Similar:
sunblink, sprelve, backshine, leaf-storm, storm, flurry, flash drought, iceblink, blink, leafstorm, more...

Opposite:
fork lightning, heat lightning, bolt lightning

Types:
forked lightning, ribbon lightning, bead lightning, ball lightning, heat lightning, more...

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Similar:
sunblink, sprelve, backshine, leaf-storm, storm, flurry, flash drought, iceblink, blink, leafstorm, more...

Opposite:
fork lightning, heat lightning, bolt lightning

Types:
forked lightning, ribbon lightning, bead lightning, ball lightning, heat lightning, more...



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