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lightning mapper

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables
light-ning map-per
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A system that displays a map of the position of recorded or real-time lightning discharges relative to the user or other objects.

noun

The component of such a system that gathers the required data, comprising an interconnected network of electric field change sensors that measure the time of arrival of electric field pulses from the strokes in a lightning flash. Two-dimensional maps require three such sensors, and three-dimensional maps require four.

Inflected Forms

lightning mappers (plural)

Questions

What does lightning mapper mean?
A system that displays a map of the position of recorded or real-time lightning discharges relative to the user or other objects.

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