Term Gallery logo

Meanings of ball lightning in English

Russian
шаровые молнии
Portuguese
raio globular
Spanish
esfera luminosa
Catalan
llamp globular
Wikidata

Extremely rare unexplained Atmospheric electrical phenomenon.

Related terms
шаровые молнии
Usage of ball lightning in English
1
Both FORCE officers reacted as if the ball lightning had struck them.
The Hyperion Cantos
2
He flung a second ball lightning bolt across the diminished space.
The Pirates of Ersatz
3
His mother has an endless store of meteorological anecdotes: ball lightning, tornadoes, hurricanes.
The story of edgar sawtelle
4
Spheres of ball lightning erupt in the sky, illuminating the children's cherubic faces.
The dream of perpetual motion
5
And the Zan pirates used ball lightning to force the surrender of their victims.
The Pirates of Ersatz
6
This was the first natural ball lightning to be studied.
BBC
7
He returned to his adaptation of the Lawlor drive to the production of ball lightning.
The Pirates of Ersatz
8
Of the two, ball lightning is the more common.
The Irish Times
9
A ball lightning bolt, even of only warning size, makes things uncomfortable when it strikes.
The Pirates of Ersatz
10
Ninety percent of what's reported are meteor fragments, ball lightning, pranks, that kind of thing.
Stinger
11
Morpurgo looked uneasily toward a wall of clouds near the horizon where ball lightning played.
The Hyperion Cantos
12
The ball lightning sizzled just overhead so that Fallion felt his hair stand on end.
Sons of the Oak
13
The two first ball lightning bolts were miniatures.
The Pirates of Ersatz
14
For a moment, the wylde was bathed in light as ball lightning danced over her skin.
Wizardborn
15
Their heads were globes of ball lightning.
Masters of Space
16
Brilliant beads, like ball lightning, raced along the six narrow valleys that had once illuminated this world.
The Complete Rama Omnibus