Lightning (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Lightning 2 Lightning bolt 3 Music 4 Other

[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:
  • Lightning (software), a a Mozilla project to extend the Thunderbird email client
  • Lightning (chess), a chess engine
• in aeronautics:
  • the English Electric Lightning, a supersonic British fighter aircraft
  • the P-38 Lightning, a U.S. fighter aircraft of WW2
  • the XP-58 Chain Lightning, a U.S. prototype fighter aircraft of WW2
  • the F-35 Lightning II, a U.S./UK fighter aircraft]
• in sailing:
  • Lightning (clipper) 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
• Lightning, a character in the video game Final Fantasy XIII, published by Square Enix.

[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 or songs called or including the word lightning:

• Ride the Lightning 1984 album by metal band Metallica
• Lightning Crashes 1994 song by alternative rock band Live
• "Lightning" 1991 song by alternative rock band Counting Crows (very rare)

[edit] Other

• Ford Lightning - A performance truck built by the Ford Motor Company
• Lightning (novel), a novel by Dean Koontz
• Lightning McQueen, the main character in the Disney-Pixar film Cars