Etymology

IC lightning

Today it means: Intracloud lightning; lightning which occurs within a cloud, resulting in the discharge of electricity between regions of the cloud. (Often, but not always, this takes the form of sheet lightning.) Full definition →

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Abbreviation of "intracloud lightning".

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