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Fulguration

//ˌfʊl.ɡjəˈɹeɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A flash of lightning countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    cauterization with electricity; electrocautery countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface countable, obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulguratio (“sheet lightning”), fulgurationis, from fulgurō, from fulgur (“lightning”).

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