Downstrike

Quick meaning: Downstrike is a noun meaning A bolt of lightning that touches ground.

Meaning

A bolt of lightning that touches ground.

More Meanings

1. (electrical engineering) A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
2. A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
3. A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
4. A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.
5. A type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises.
6. A variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action.
7. A line that is drawn with a downward stroke.

Example Sentences

Lightning downstrikes became visible as it crossed Beekman Ridge south of Butte Falls.

Seventeen hundred downstrikes of lightning later, destruction reigns over southwest Oregon.

Besides forming new cores, arcs may also form branches, and "downstrikes" are liable to be particularly troublesome.

These "downstrikes" were recorded with an electromagnetic oscillograph and a high-speed camera, and now a good correlation exists between the two records.

Word Forms

• downstrikes
• downstriking
• downstruck
• downstricken

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include thunderbolt, bolt, lightning, stroke, knockdown, fulminant.

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