1. atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward; [syn: jet, blue jet, reverse lightning]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reverse lightning
n 1: atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the
tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they
flash upward [syn: jet, blue jet, reverse lightning]