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- noun A
Lightning stroke that remains within the cloud and does not connect to the ground. A "flash" of lightning splits into many strokes and channels that spread out through the cloud. Those that eventually find a path to the ground are CG strokes. Those that don't are IC strokes.
Etymologies
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Short for "Intra-Cloud lightning".
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