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blue jet
noun
- a faint discharge of blue light from the top of a thunderstorm cloud that propagates upward: extends approximately from the bottom to the top of the stratosphere and is not detectable from the ground.
blue jet
- A conical discharge of blue light that starts from the top of active thunderstorm clouds and proceeds upward. Blue jets can last up to several hundred milliseconds and are believed to connect the top of a thundercloud with the ionosphere.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blue jet1
1990–95
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Example Sentences
Have marked the thin, blue jet of smoke from my flashing muzzle hurled.
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