Lightning (disambiguation)
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[edit] Lightning
Lightning may refer to the following:
- in meteorology, lightning, the natural electrical phenomenon
- in slang, white lightning (a.k.a. moonshine), a nickname for illegal whiskey
- in North-American sport, the Tampa Bay Lightning, an NHL ice hockey franchise
- in computing:
- Mozilla Lightning, a project to extend the Thunderbird email client
- Lightning, a chess engine
- in aeronautics:
- the English Electric Lightning, a supersonic British fighter aircraft
- the P-38 Lightning, a US fighter aircraft of WW2
- the F-35 Lightning II, a US/UK fighter aircraft
- in sailing:
- Lightning was a clipper ship built by Donald McKay
- the Lightning (dinghy), a 19 foot sailing dinghy raced worldwide
- in transportation:
- Lightning, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive
[edit] Lightning Bolt
The similar term, lightning bolt, may refer to:
- A thunderbolt, the familiar manifestation of lightning
- Lightning Bolt, a noise rock band
[edit] Music
Albums called or including the word lightning:
- Ride the Lightning 1984 album by metal band Metallica.
[edit] Other
- Lightning (novel), a novel by Dean Koontz
- Lightning McQueen, the main character in the Disney-Pixar film Cars
