downstrike
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A bolt of lightning that touches ground.
noun
A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
noun
A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.
Example Sentences
- "Seventeen hundred downstrikes of lightning later, destruction reigns over southwest Oregon."
- "Lightning downstrikes became visible as it crossed Beekman Ridge south of Butte Falls."
- "These storms typically arrive in the afternoon, building incredible cloud banks that can unleash rapid-fire lightning strikes. Cells often will hover and send forth dozens of downstrikes in a concentrated area, particularly in areas like the Valle Caldera."
- "Besides forming new cores, arcs may also form branches, and "downstrikes" are liable to be particularly troublesome."
- "When a downstrike is established, the longer arc in parallel dies away rapidly and the process appears on oscillograms as a sudden reduction in arc voltage."
- "This was prevented by reducing the space between the plates in that portion of the chute, so that when downstrikes occurred tie new arc core remained under control and returned up into the chute again."
Etymology
From down + strike.
Inflected Forms
downstrikes (plural)
downstrikes (present, singular)
downstriking (participle, present)
downstruck (past)
downstricken (participle, past)
more downstrike (comparative)
most downstrike (superlative)