The definition of thunder is a loud rumbling sound that follows a flash of lightning, and is caused by the heating of air in an electrical discharge.
(noun)An example of thunder is the sound that happens after a strike of lightning during an electrical storm.
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noun
Origin: ME thuner, thunder (with unhistoric -d-) < OE thunor, akin to Ger donner < IE base *(s)ten-, loud rustling, deep noise > ON Thorr, Thor, Gr stenein, to moan, L tonare, to thunder
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English thunor; see (s)tenə- in Indo-European roots
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Thunder
See also atmosphere; clouds; lightning; rain; weather.
brontograph
1. an instrument for recording thunderstorms.
2. the record thus produced. Also called brontometer.
brontology
Rare. a treatise on thunder.
brontometer
brontograph.
brontophobia
an abnormal fear of thunder and thunderstorms. Also tonitrophobia.
ceraunomancy
keraunomancy.
thundering; the sound of thunder.
keraunomancy, ceraunomancy
a form of divination involving the interpretation of an omen communicated by thunder.
keraunoscopia, keraunoscopy
a form of divination involving the observation of thunder.
tonitrophobia
brontophobia.
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