fulguration
Meaning
Noun
- A flash of lightning
- cauterization with electricity; electrocautery
- 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
Origin
- Borrowed from Latin fulguratio ("sheet lightning"), fulgurationis, from fulgurÅ, from fulgur.
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