lichtenberg-figure

Noun

(plural Lichtenberg figures)

A branching pattern on the surface of an insulator that has been subject to an electric discharge
Lichtenberg figures are often seen on the skin of a person who has been struck by lightning.

Origin

For the German physicist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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