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BLUE JETS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does blue jets mean?

• BLUE JETS (noun)
The noun BLUE JETS has 1 sense:

1. atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward

Familiarity information: BLUE JETS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BLUE JETS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

blue jets; jets

Hypernyms ("blue jets" is a kind of...):

atmospheric electricity (electrical discharges in the atmosphere)

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