# IC lightning

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Intracloud lightning; lightning which occurs within a cloud, resulting in the discharge of electricity between regions of the cloud. (Often, but not always, this takes the form of sheet lightning.)

## Etymology
Abbreviation of "intracloud lightning".

## Source
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